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1Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, and Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans
2
Department of Medicine and School of Electrical Engineering, Tulane University of Louisiana.
3
National Institute of Health Post-doctorate Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, and Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans.
1
Aided by grants from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, a War Department Grant No. W-49-007-MD389, and the Mrs. E. J. Caire Fund for Research in Heart Disease.