Dr. Patuszynski is a clinical pharmacy specialist in cardiology at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System. Dr. Applegate is a staff cardiologist at the VA Northern California Healthcare System and an associate professor of medicine/cardiology at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
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