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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Proteomics Clin Appl. 2018 Dec 19;13(4):e1800129. doi: 10.1002/prca.201800129

Figure 1. Flow Diagram of the Patient Selection Process.

Figure 1.

The Mayo Clinic BioBank database was searched for ICD code Z95.4 and patients with a history of transplant, cancer, or autoimmune disease were excluded. The remaining patients were selected for those with mechanical or GFBP valves. The two groups were then matched for sex, time with implant and age within two years.