**Author details**

Ammar Athar† , Kartik Dhaduk† and Wilbert S. Aronow\* Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, NY, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: wsaronow@aol.com

† These authors are contributed equally.

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