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  1. Stuart W Grant1,
  2. Antony D Grayson2,
  3. Joseph Zacharias3,
  4. Malcolm J R Dalrymple-Hay4,
  5. Paul Waterworth1,
  6. Ben Bridgewater1
  1. 1University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
  2. 2Department of Information, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK
  4. 4Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Plymouth Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, England UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Stuart William Grant, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, Southmoor, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9LT, UK; stuartgrant{at}doctors.net.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302094

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