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  1. Huon H Gray1,
  2. Robert A Henderson2,
  3. Mark A de Belder3,
  4. S Richard Underwood4,
  5. A John Camm5
  1. 1Department of Cardiology, Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, UK
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
  3. 3Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Division, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
  4. 4Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, University of London, London, UK
  5. 5Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St Georges Hospital, University of London, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Huon H Gray, Department of Cardiology, Southampton University Hospital, Tremona Rd, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; huon{at}cardiology.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300406

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