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  1. Ross J Hunter,
  2. Richard J Schilling
  1. Cardiology Research Department, Barts and The London NHS Trust and QMUL, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Professor Richard J Schilling, Cardiology Research Department, Barts and The London NHS Trust and QMUL, St Bartholomew's Hospital, First Floor Dominion House, 60 Bartholomew Close, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK; r.schilling{at}qmul.ac.uk
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2010.210344

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    • Funding RJH is supported by a grant from The British Heart Foundation.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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