LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; RV: right ventricle.
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Acknowledgments
This research was supported (in whole or in part, non-financial support) by HCA Healthcare and/or an HCA Healthcare affiliated entity.
Author contributions
DN and JV: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft. VT: Investigation, Writing—review & editing, Validation, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that this research received non-financial support from HCA Healthcare and/or an HCA Healthcare affiliated entity, as acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section. HCA Healthcare is a regulatory organization overseeing Mission Hospital and approximately 200 hospitals across the United States. The authors have no personal, financial, or professional relationships with HCA Healthcare or its affiliated entities beyond the aforementioned non-financial support for this study. No other conflicts of interest are declared.
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The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki (2024 version). Ethical approval for the case report was not required according to the requirements of Mountain Area Health Education Center Ethics and Research Department.
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