About the Authors
- Saud N. Al Sifri
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* E-mail: saudnafa@hotmail.com
Affiliation Endocrinology Department, Al Hada Military Hospitals, Taif, Saudi Arabia
- Wael Almahmeed
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Affiliation Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Sami Azar
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Affiliation American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
- Osama Okkeh
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Affiliation Istishari Hospital, Amman, Jordan
- Peter Bramlage
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Affiliation Institut für Pharmakologie und präventive Medizin, Mahlow, Germany
- Claus Jünger
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Affiliations Institut für Herzinfarktforschung, Ludwigshafen, Germany, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- Islam Halawa
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Affiliation Medical Department, MSD Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Baishali Ambegaonkar
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Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, United States of America
- Sameh Wajih
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Affiliation Medical Department, MSD United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Philippe Brudi
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Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, United States of America
Competing Interests
Saud Al Sifri (SAS), Wael Almahmeed (WAM), Sami T. Azar (STA), and Osama Okkeh (OO) are board members and consultants, Peter Bramlage (PBra) and Claus Jünger (CJ) are consultants for Merck & Co Ltd. Baishali Ambegaonkar (BA), Philippe Brudi (PBru), and Sameh Wajih (SW) are employees of Merck & Co Ltd., whose company funded this study. Islam Halawa (IH) has been an employee of Merck & Co Ltd. at the time of the conduct of the study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: CJ P. Bramlage. Contributed to study concept and design: BA P. Brudi IH CJ SW. Contributed to data acquisition and interpretation of the study: SAS WA SA OO. Drafted the manuscript: P. Bramlage. Revised the article for important intellectual content: SAS WA SA OO P. Bramlage CJ IH BA SW P. Brudi. Read and approved the final manuscript to be published: SAS WA SA OO P. Bramlage CJ IH BA SW P. Brudi.