The results of the current trial, presented by Halperin at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association, focused on patients with atrial fibrillation, a condition that increases the risk of stroke fivefold and afflicts 2 million Americans.

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At 18, young Binod was already focused abroad, set to leave for India to study accounting, when his father developed a heart ailment.

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