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Kartika Shetty, MD, FACP Chief Hospitalist, Sound Physicians

Kartika Shetty, MD, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Medical Council of India

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Nirmal Sunkara, MD Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine

Nirmal Sunkara, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Subodh Raja Devabhaktuni, MD Resident Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chowdhury H Ahsan, MD, PhD, MRCP, FSCAI Clinical Professor of Medicine, Director of Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention, Marlon Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Director of Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center, University of Nevada School of Medicine

Chowdhury H Ahsan, MD, PhD, MRCP, FSCAI is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, American Stroke Association

Disclosure: Received consulting fee from sanofi for consulting; Received honoraria from astra zeneca for speaking and teaching; Received honoraria from BI for speaking and teaching.

Karlheinz Peter, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Monash University; Head of Centre of Thrombosis and Myocardial Infarction, Head of Division of Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology, Associate Director, Baker Heart Research Institute; Interventional Cardiologist, The Alfred Hospital, Australia

Karlheinz Peter, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Heart Association, German Cardiac Society, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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