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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study protocol was approved by the institutional review committees at the University of Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt University, and the Johns Hopkins University, and all subjects provided written informed consent. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This work was funded by a Rheumatology Research and Education Fund “Within” Our Reach Award; AR50026, HL67964, NHLBI-HV-10–05 (2) from the National Institutes of Health, UL1TR001873 and UL1TR000445 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, and The Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Erika Glazer Endowed Chair in Women’s Heart Health, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center."