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Hassane Abdallah1 \*, Ahmed Ibrahim<sup>2</sup> and Khalid Al Khamees3

1 Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Department, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, AlHassa, Saudi Arabia

2 Consultant Epidemiologist, Research and Biostatistics Department, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, AlHassa, Saudi Arabia

3 Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Chairman Cardiac Surgery, Director of VAD Program, CEO- Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, AlHassa, Saudi Arabia

\*Address all correspondence to: abdallahhassane@hotmail.com

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