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Correspondence
The true value of The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance
  1. Philip D Adamson,
  2. David E Newby
  1. Center for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Philip D Adamson; philip.adamson{at}ed.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311859

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    • Competing interests The authors are investigators involved in the SCOT-HEART trial.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.