About the Authors

Khalid F. AlHabib

khalidalhabib13@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kadhim Sulaiman

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Jassim Al Suwaidi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Wael Almahmeed

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali

Affiliations College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America

Haitham Amin

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Center, Manama, Bahrain

Mohammed Al Jarallah

Affiliation Sabah Al-Ahmed Cardiac Center, Kuwait, Kuwait

Hussam F. Alfaleh

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Prashanth Panduranga

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Ahmad Hersi

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tarek Kashour

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Zohair Al Aseri

Affiliation Emergency Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Anhar Ullah

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hani B. Altaradi

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kazi Nur Asfina

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Robert C. Welsh

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Salim Yusuf

Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KFA KS JAS WA AAA HA MA HFA PP AH TK ZAA AU HBA KNA RCW SY. Performed the experiments: KFA KS JAS WA AAA HA MA HFA PP AH TK ZAA AU HBA KNA. Analyzed the data: AU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KFA KS JAS WA AAA HA MA HFA PP AH TK ZAA AU HBA KNA RCW SY. Wrote the paper: KFA KS JAS WA AAA HA MA HFA PP AH TK ZAA AU HBA KNA RCW SY.