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Images in cardiology
“Mind your P's, Q's and T's”
  1. R Boyle,
  2. M S Spence
  1. Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim, UK
  1. Correspondence to Ryan Boyle, Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT12 6BA, UK; ryan.boyle{at}talk21.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2009.172593

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.