Leading causes of cardiovascular hospitalization in 8.45 million US veterans

• Nirupama Krishnamurthi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Joseph Francis,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Reporting, Analytics, Performance Improvement and Deployment, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Stephan D. Fihn,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Craig S. Meyer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Mary A. Whooley

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mary.whooley@ucsf.edu

  Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5943-0078

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