aColumbia University Medical center, New York
bState University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Sponsorship: Preparation of this article was supported in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Grant HL47540; T.G.P. Principal Investigator. The sponsors did not play any role in the study design, in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, in the writing of the present report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Received 8 September 2005 Accepted 8 September 2005
