aDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
bDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Lo Tung Poh-Ai Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
cDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
dInstitute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
*Correspondence to: Dr. Min-Ji Charng, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: [email protected]
Received: February 17, 2005 • Accepted: September 13, 2005