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Samuel J Asirvatham¹, William G Stevenson²

¹From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.J.A.); and Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (W.G.S.). asirvatham.samuel@mayo.edu.

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