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¹ Department of Pharmacy Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Hospital Building, Sowwah Square, Al Maryah Island, P.O. Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
² Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
³ School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Building No. 2441, Road 2835, Busaiteen 228, Kingdom of Bahrain.
⁴ Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Hospital Building, Sowwah Square, Al Maryah Island, P.O. Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Hospital Building, Sowwah Square, Al Maryah Island, P.O. Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁶ Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 47-123 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679, USA.

Bassam Atallah et al. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 1;6(3):204-207.

doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaa033.

¹ Department of Pharmacy Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Hospital Building, Sowwah Square, Al Maryah Island, P.O. Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
² Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
³ School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Building No. 2441, Road 2835, Busaiteen 228, Kingdom of Bahrain.
⁴ Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Hospital Building, Sowwah Square, Al Maryah Island, P.O. Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Hospital Building, Sowwah Square, Al Maryah Island, P.O. Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁶ Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 47-123 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679, USA.

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