About the Authors

Ahsan H. Khandoker

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Haitham M. Al-Angari

Affiliation Khalifa University Center of Biotechnology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Kinda Khalaf

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Sungmun Lee

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Wael Almahmeed

Affiliations Institute of Cardiac Science, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Habiba S. Al Safar

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Khalifa University Center of Biotechnology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Herbert F. Jelinek

hjelinek@csu.edu.au

Affiliations School of Community Health, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia, Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Data curation: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Formal analysis: HMA. Investigation: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Methodology: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Project administration: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Supervision: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Validation: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Visualization: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Writing – original draft: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ. Writing – review & editing: AHK HMA KK SL WA HSA HFJ.