*Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY;

†Cebu Institute of Medicine, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines;

‡Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX;

§Makarak Hospital, Kanchanaburi, Thailand; and

¶Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Center for Prognosis Research, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.

Correspondence: Frederick Berro Rivera, MD, Department of Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, 234 E 149th St, The Bronx, New York, NY (e-mail: [email protected]).

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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