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Correspondence
Please don't forget the family
  1. David Pitcher1,2
  1. 1Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
  2. 2Resuscitation Council (UK), London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr David Pitcher, Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, B15 2TH, Birmingham, UK; davidpitcher{at}btinternet.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2014-307028

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