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  1. Jeroen Schaap1,2,
  2. Joris A H de Groot3,
  3. Koen Nieman4,5,
  4. W Bob Meijboom4,5,
  5. S Matthijs Boekholdt6,
  6. Martijn C Post1,
  7. Jan A Van der Heyden1,
  8. Thom L de Kroon7,
  9. Benno J W M Rensing1,
  10. Karel GM Moons3,
  11. J Fred Verzijlbergen2,8
  1. 1 Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
  2. 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
  3. 3 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  4. 4 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  5. 5 Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  6. 6 Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  7. 7 Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
  8. 8 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Jeroen Schaap, Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, PO Box 2500, Nieuwegein 3430 EM, The Netherlands; JeroenSchaap01{at}gmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304095

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    • Ethics approval Ethics committee of the St Antonius Hospital.

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