Alrohimi, Anas http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-6920
Buck, Brian
Jickling, Glen
Shuaib, Ashfaq
Thirunavukkarasu, Sibi
Butcher, Ken S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pfizer Canada
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (CA) - Alberta
Canada Research Chairs Program
Article History
Received: 23 October 2020
Revised: 16 November 2020
Accepted: 19 November 2020
First Online: 3 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: KB reports grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingleheim, grants and personal fees from BMS-Pfizer Alliance, grants and personal fees from Bayer, grants and personal fees from Servier Canada, outside the submitted work. AA, BB, GJ, AS, and ST have nothing to disclose.
: The research protocol was approved by our local Human Research Ethics Board.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects before the study.
: Dr. Butcher was the Principal Investigator, responsible for protocol design, funding, and overall conduct of the study, as well as manuscript preparation. Dr. Alrohimi led patient recruitment, performed all image and statistical analyses and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript. Brian Buck, Glen Jickling, Ashfaq Shuaib, and Sibi Thirunavukkarasu recruited patients and made critical revisions of the manuscript.