1 Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: rifai@bcm.edu.
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
3 Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA.
4 Centre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China; NHC Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
5 Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita, Kansas, USA.
6 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, USA.
7 Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Norfolk, VA, USA; EVMS-Sentara Healthcare Analytics and Delivery Science Institute, Norfolk, VA, USA.
8 Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services, Research & Development Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
9 Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services, Research & Development Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.