Mahmoudi Azar, Mohammad
Mohammadifard, Noushin
Bateni, Motahare
Haghighatdoost, Fahimeh
Hosseini, Alireza
Taheri, Marzieh
Boshtam, Maryam
Karimi, Simin
Najafian, Jamshid
Sadeghi, Masoumeh
Sarrafzadegan, Nizal
Article History
Received: 4 October 2025
Accepted: 3 July 2026
First Online: 9 July 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Research Council at the Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, a partnering Institution with the World Health Organization (WHO), Isfahan, Iran. A signed written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.