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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