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Arnold S Baas, MD, FACC, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Arnold S Baas, MD, FACC, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Federation for Medical Research, American Society of Echocardiography

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Weiyi Tan, MD Fellow in Adult Congenital Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

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Yasmine S Ali, MD, FACC, FACP, MSCI President, Nashville Preventive Cardiology, PLLC; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Yasmine S Ali, MD, FACC, FACP, MSCI is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, National Lipid Association, Tennessee Medical Association

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The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous authors Stacy D Fisher, MD; Martin Englehardt, MD, PhD; Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, FACC; and Roger Vermilion, MD to the development and writing of this article.

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