Diaz, Alejandro A.
Martinez, Carlos H.
Harmouche, Rola
Young, Thomas P.
McDonald, Merry-Lynn
Ross, James C.
Han, Mei Lan
Bowler, Russell
Make, Barry
Regan, Elizabeth A.
Silverman, Edwin K.
Crapo, James
Boriek, Aladin M.
Kinney, Gregory L.
Hokanson, John E.
Estepar, Raul San Jose
Washko, George R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K01HL118714)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2017
Accepted: 4 April 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by institutional review board of each of the 21 participating and all participants gave written informed consent. The Partners HealthCare Research Committee approved the current analysis (2007P-000554).
: Not applicable.
: Drs. AD, CM, RH, MM, JR, MH, RB, BM, ER, ES, JC, AB, GK, JH, RSJ, and GW and Mr. TY have no conflict of interest related to this work. Dr. AD has received speaker fees from Novartis Inc. unrelated to this work.
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