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Editors Kim Fox Jennifer Adgey Richard Hobbs Tom Quinn Terry McCormack Professor of Cardiology (retired), Royal Victoria Professor and Head of the Nuffield Department of Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, Kingston Hospital, Belfast; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford University, Kingston and St. George’s, University of Henry Purcell London, London Peter Andrews Yassir Javaid Consultant Nephrologist and Reader in Renal Medicine, General Practitioner, Cardiovascular Lead, Nene James Raftery Associate Editor Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, CCG, Northampton Professor of Health Technology Assessment, St. Helier, Surrey University of Southampton, Southampton Katharine White Sarah Jarvis Chris Arden General Practitioner, Hammersmith, London Roby Rakhit Editorial and Production Assistant General Practitioner, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire; Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Royal Free Desmond Julian Jack Leiwy GPwSI Cardiology, University Hospital Southampton London NHS Foundation Trust, London NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton Professor of Cardiology (retired), University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne Kausik Ray Kevin Barraclough Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Administrative Assistant Juan Pablo Kaski General Practitioner, Painswick, Gloucestershire Health and Primary Care, Imperial College London, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Great Ormond Mary Robbins London Richard Best Street Hospital for Children, London Consultant Cardiologist, Airedale NHS Foundation Francesco Saia George Kassianos Editorial Office and Publishers Trust, Keighley, West Yorkshire Consultant Cardiologist, University of Bologna, General Practitioner, Bracknell, Berkshire MediNews (Cardiology) Limited John Betteridge Bologna Italy Richard Katz Consultant Physician and Emeritus Professor of Mike Schachter 657 Fulham Road, Professor and Director of the Division of Cardiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University College Faculty Senior Tutor, Imperial College London, George Washington University School of Medicine London, SW6 5PY London Hospitals, London London and Health Sciences, University of Washington ([email protected]) John Camm Medical Center, Washington DC, USA Peter Sever Professor of Clinical Cardiology, St George’s, University Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Tel: +44 (0)20 7731 4945 Mike Kirby of London, London Therapeutics, Imperial College London, London Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Design and Layout Douglas Chamberlain Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Sanjay Sharma Consultant Cardiologist (retired), Royal Sussex County Hatfield; 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