Acknowledgement
The authors thank the patient for participating in this study and all clinical staff at Farshchian Heart Hospital (Department of Heart and CCU, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences) for their excellent technical assistance. Financial support for this study was provided by Vice-chancellor for Research and Technology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (Grant number: 9709275652).
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