Funding
The study was funded by the Research Committee of Hamad Medical Corporation
Author Contribution:
MK, study design, data collection, writing, reviewing, ASO: study design, contribution to concept, writing the manuscript and revising the final form. PS: data management and manuscript revision, data collection, interpretation of data, and revising of the manuscript, SS: data collection and revision. SH: writing and discussion management. SH: data collection and manuscript revision; HO data collection, RS: statistical analysis.
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgment
The authors are immensely indebted to all members of the Hamad Medical Corporation for fulfilling the requirements for research. The authors thank all members of the Cardiothoracic surgery department, Cardiac anesthesia & CTICU division, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar, for the required data and patient pool. The authors also thank each and every member from the medical research department of Hamad Medical Corporation for their support throughout this project. Our sincere thanks to Dr. Abulaziz Alkhulaifi, Chairman of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department for his administrative support.
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