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Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the staff of the Department of Cardiology at Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran, for their cooperation and assistance in conducting this study.
Availability of data and materials: The datasets are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Conflicts of interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad (approval code: IR.IAU.MSHD.REC.1401.057). Written informed consent for publication was obtained from all participants. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
Financial disclosure: This study received no specific financial support.
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the conception and design of the study. Nafise Lagzian and Fateme Alikhani performed data collection. Statistical analysis and interpretation of data were carried out by Morteza Manavifar. The manuscript was drafted by Nafise Lagzian and critically revised by Bahram Shahri. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission.
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