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Department of Cardiac Sciences Libin Cardiovascular Institute Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary T2N 1N4 Calgary AB Canada

Department of Cardiology Hospital Universitari Dexeus 08028 Barcelona Spain

Department of Cardiology Imeldaziekenhuis 2820 Bonheiden Belgium

Department of Cardiology Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine 11336 Prague Czechia

Department of Cardiology Karolinska University Hospital 17177 Stockholm Sweden

Department of Cardiology Policlinico Casilino 00169 Roma Italy

Department of Cardiology Yeditepe University Hospital 34755 Ataşehir İstanbul Turkey

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University 11336 Prague Czechia

Department of Clinical Sciences Lund University 20502 Malmö Sweden

Department of Medicine Karolinska Institute 17177 Stockholm Sweden

Department of Neurology Medical University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria

Division of Cardiology University of Iowa Hospitals 52242 Iowa City IA USA

Division of Electrophysiology Cardioneuroablation Cardioneuroablation Catheter Ablation and Cardiac Stimulation Subcarpathian Center for Cardiovascular Intervention 38 500 Sanok Poland

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