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a Department of Cardiology, Liaocheng People's Hospital and Clinical School of Taishan Medical University, Shandong Province, Liaocheng 252000, PR China b Department of Echocardiography, Liaocheng People's Hospital and Clinical School of Taishan Medical University, Shandong Province, Liaocheng 252000, PR China c Department of Andrology, Liaocheng People's Hospital and Clinical School of Taishan Medical University, Liaocheng 252000, PR China

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