Affiliations:
aDepartment of Cardiology, Alpert Medical School of
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
bDepartment of Ultrasound, Tongji Medical College,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
cDepartment of Neurology, Alpert Medical School of
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
dLifespan Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research
Design, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
eStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford
University, Palo Alto, California
fDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of
Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcestor, MA, USA
gDepartment of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep
Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, US
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