About the Authors

Emmy Okello

emmkol@hotmail.com

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Barbara Kakande

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Elias Sebatta

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

James Kayima

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Monica Kuteesa

Affiliation Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney, Australia

Boniface Mutatina

Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Wilson Nyakoojo

Affiliation Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Peter Lwabi

Affiliation Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Charles K. Mondo

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Richard Odoi-Adome

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Freers Juergen

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EO CM WN FJ. Performed the experiments: BK ES JK. Analyzed the data: EO RO CM BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM MK PL. Wrote the paper: EO MK BK.