Main Authors: Allison B Hall1, MD; Ivan Chavez1; Santiago Garcia1; Mario Gössl1; Anil Poulose1; Paul Sorajja1; Yale Wang1; Yves Louvard2; Yiannis S. Chatzizisis3; Subhash Banerjee4; Iosif Xenogiannis1; M. Nicholas Burke1; Emmanouil S. Brilakis1;
Collaborators: Michael Mooney1; Jay H. Traverse1;
1. Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA, United States 2. Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France 3. Cardiovascular Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA 4. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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