Fadi G Hage1,2, Wael AlJaroudi3. 1. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. fadihage@uab.edu. 2. Section of Cardiology, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA. fadihage@uab.edu. 3. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Clemenceau Medical Center, P.O. Box 11-2555, Beirut, Lebanon.