Dreizin, David http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0176-0912
Bodanapally, Uttam
Mascarenhas, Daniel
O’Toole, Robert V.
Tirada, Nikki
Issa, Ghada
Nascone, Jason
Article History
Received: 17 August 2017
Revised: 16 December 2017
Accepted: 2 January 2018
First Online: 13 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is David Dreizin, MD.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • retrospective• case-control study• cross-sectional study• observational• performed at one institution