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Seppelt C, Abdelwahed YS, Meteva D, Nelles G, Stähli BE, Erbay A, Kränkel N, Sieronski L, Skurk C, Haghikia A, Sinning D, Dreger H, Knebel F, Trippel TD, Krisper M, Gerhardt T, Rai H, Klotsche J, Joner M, Landmesser U, Leistner DM. Coronary microevaginations characterize culprit plaques and their inflammatory microenvironment in a subtype of acute coronary syndrome with intact fibrous cap: results from the prospective translational OPTICO-ACS study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2024; 25:175-184. [PMID: 37395586 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jead154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
Abstract
AIMS Coronary microevaginations (CMEs) represent an outward bulge of coronary plaques and have been introduced as a sign of adverse vascular remodelling following coronary device implantation. However, their role in atherosclerosis and plaque destabilization in the absence of coronary intervention is unknown. This study aimed to investigate CME as a novel feature of plaque vulnerability and to characterize its associated inflammatory cell-vessel-wall interactions. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 557 patients from the translational OPTICO-ACS study programme underwent optical coherence tomography imaging of the culprit vessel and simultaneous immunophenotyping of the culprit lesion (CL). Two hundred and fifty-eight CLs had a ruptured fibrous cap (RFC) and one hundred had intact fibrous cap (IFC) acute coronary syndrome (ACS) as an underlying pathophysiology. CMEs were significantly more frequent in CL when compared with non-CL (25 vs. 4%, P < 0.001) and were more frequently observed in lesions with IFC-ACS when compared with RFC-ACS (55.0 vs. 12.7%, P < 0.001). CMEs were particularly prevalent in IFC-ACS-causing CLs independent of a coronary bifurcation (IFC-ICB) when compared with IFC-ACS with an association to a coronary bifurcation (IFC-ACB, 65.4 vs. 43.7%, P = 0.030). CME emerged as the strongest independent predictor of IFC-ICB (relative risk 3.36, 95% confidence interval 1.67-6.76, P = 0.001) by multivariable regression analysis. IFC-ICB demonstrated an enrichment of monocytes in both culprit blood analysis (culprit ratio: 1.1 ± 0.2 vs. 0.9 ± 0.2, P = 0.048) and aspirated culprit thrombi (326 ± 162 vs. 96 ± 87 cells/mm2, P = 0.017), while IFC-ACB confirmed the accumulation of CD4+ T cells, as recently described. CONCLUSION This study provides novel evidence for a pathophysiological involvement of CME in the development of IFC-ACS and provides first evidence for a distinct pathophysiological pathway for IFC-ICB, driven by CME-derived flow disturbances and inflammatory activation involving the innate immune system. TRIAL REGISTRATION Registration of the study at clinicalTrials.gov (NCT03129503).
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Affiliation(s)
- Claudio Seppelt
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology Campus Charité Mitte, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology Campus Charité Mitte, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and ISAR Research Centre, German Heart Centre, Technical University Munich, Munich 80636, Germany
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Dublin, Imaging Core Lab, Mater Private Network, Dublin D07 YH66, Ireland
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, and Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charité Mitte, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology and ISAR Research Centre, German Heart Centre, Technical University Munich, Munich 80636, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin-Franklin (CBF), Berlin 12203, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Chen Z, Matsumura M, Mintz GS, Noguchi M, Fujimura T, Usui E, Seike F, Hu X, Jin G, Li C, Salem H, Fall KN, Shlofmitz E, Kirtane AJ, Cao JJ, Moses JW, Ali ZA, Jeremias A, Shlofmitz RA, Maehara A. Prevalence and Impact of Neoatherosclerosis on Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Treatment of Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 15:e011693. [PMID: 36126137 DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.121.011693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Clinical and morphological factors associated with lipidic versus calcified neoatherosclerosis within second-generation drug-eluting stents and the impact of lipidic versus calcified neoatherosclerosis on long-term outcomes after repeat intervention have not been well studied. METHODS A total of 512 patients undergoing optical coherence tomography before percutaneous coronary intervention for second-generation drug-eluting stents in-stent restenosis were included. Neoatherosclerosis was defined as lipidic or calcified neointimal hyperplasia in ≥3 consecutive frames or ruptured lipidic neointimal hyperplasia. The primary outcome was target lesion failure (cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction, definite stent thrombosis, or clinically driven target lesion revascularization). RESULTS The overall prevalence of neoatherosclerosis was 28.5% (146/512): 56.8% lipidic, 30.8% calcified, and 12.3% both lipidic and calcific. The prevalence increased as a function of time from stent implantation: 20% at 1 to 3 years, 30% at 3 to 7 years, and 75% >7 years. Renal insufficiency, poor lipid profile, and time from stent implantation were associated with lipidic neoatherosclerosis, whereas severe renal insufficiency, female sex, and time from stent implantation were associated with calcified neoatherosclerosis. Multivariable Cox regression revealed that female sex and lipidic neoatherosclerosis were associated with more target lesion failure, whereas stent age and final minimum lumen diameter after reintervention were related to lower target lesion failure. Calcified neoatherosclerosis was not related to adverse events after reintervention for in-stent restenosis given a large enough minimum lumen diameter was achieved. CONCLUSIONS Lipidic but not calcified neoatherosclerosis was associated with poor subsequent outcomes after repeat revascularization if optimal stent expansion was achieved in lesions with calcified neoatherosclerosis.
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- Zhaoyang Chen
- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.).,Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, China (Z.C.)
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- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.)
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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- St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY (Z.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., E.S., J.J.C.' J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., A.M.).,Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (X.C., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.M.).,Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (Z.C., M.M., G.S.M., M.N., T.F., E.U., F.S., X.H., G.J., C.L., H.S., K.N.F., A.J.K., J.W.M., Z.A.A., A.J., R.A.S., A.M.)
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