RB participated in the design, acquisition, and analysis of data. MZ participated in the interpretation of the data, as well as the drafting and revision of the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge Tecnofarma for the support to carry out this study.
Bernoulli Gallego, Luis Vargas, Hugo Botero, Carlos Estruch.
Writing assistance: Leonardo David Ospino Vera.
Physicians’ enrolled patients: Juan Acosta Ossio, Adela Carmona, Jorge Aguilera, Oscar Alba, Juan Guilermo Alvarez, Jorge Angel, Roberto Arbelaez, Fredy Arcila, Fernando Barrera, Ronald Briceño, Hugo Bustamante, Carlos Daza, Carlos Carvajal, Aura Maria Cuellar, Pablo Duran, Maria Echavarria, Eduardo Fajardo, Osiris Garcia, Fernando Garcia, Fulgencio Garcia, Julio Giraldo, Adriana Gomez, Nasly Granada, Juan Carlos Guerrero, Marisela Hernandez, Andres Jacome, Nicolas Jaramillo, William Jaramillo, Juan Maestre, Edwin Klinger, Germán Lopez, Carlos Luengas, Andres Martinez, Gabriel Martinez, Hassan Matar Khalil, Augusto Melendez, Antonio Mora, Alexander Morales, Juan Moreno, Andres Moreno, Luis Murillo, Martha Narvaez, Juan Palacio, Jorge Peñaloza, Miguel Perdomo, Luis Plata, Jerson Quitian, Marco Tulio Ramirez, Ivan Dario Ramirez, Jorge Restrepo, Efraín Romero, Roberto Exposito, Gabriel Robledo, Yuri Sabogal, Jorge Salcedo, Pedro Sanchez, Marco Sanchez, Milton Sanchez, Miguel Sevillano, Guillermo Sierra, Luis Sterling, Jose Torrenegra, Leisman Ustariz Navarro, Ana Catalina Vanegas, Manuel Vela, Cesar Vera, Juan Carlos Vidal, Juan Carlos Villabona, Italo Zuñiga.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have not received any payment or resources for the realization of this study. Richard Buendia claims to be a speaker for different laboratories in Colombia; he has also acted as an external medical consultant on the cardiovascular line Tecnofarma, but has not received payment for carrying out this study. All authors declare that they have no actual or potential conflict of interest, including any financial, personal, or other relationships with related people or organizations.
Availability of data and materials
Raw data from this study will be available for researchers/implementers upon request from the first author (RB).
Consent to participate
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Ethics approval and consent to participate
This study is retrospective; data were collected only from medical records. All patients, however, filled out the informed consent form.
Under Colombian law (“Resolución 8430 de 1993”), this study is considered safe because there has been no intervention or intentional modification of biological, physiological, psychological, or social variables of the individuals participating in the study.
The study was conducted according to the Good Clinical Practice guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki.
Funding
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