About the Authors

Abbas Bitar

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mona Selej

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, Occupational and Sleep Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Islam Bolad

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Tim Lahm

tlahm@iu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, Occupational and Sleep Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL. Performed the experiments: AB IB. Analyzed the data: AB MS TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB TL. Wrote the paper: AB MS IB TL.