About the Authors
- R. Croft Thomas Jr.
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Contributed equally to this work with: R. Croft Thomas Jr., Patrick M. Cowley, Abhishek Singh
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Research Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Patrick M. Cowley
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Contributed equally to this work with: R. Croft Thomas Jr., Patrick M. Cowley, Abhishek Singh
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Research Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Abhishek Singh
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Contributed equally to this work with: R. Croft Thomas Jr., Patrick M. Cowley, Abhishek Singh
Current address: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Research Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Bat-Erdene Myagmar
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Research Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Philip M. Swigart
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Research Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Anthony J. Baker
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Research Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Paul C. Simpson
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* E-mail: paul.simpson@ucsf.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Research Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RCT AS AJB PCS. Performed the experiments: RCT PMC AS B-EM PMS. Analyzed the data: RCT PMC AS PMS AJB PCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: B-EM. Wrote the paper: PCS AJB RCT AS.