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  1. Kathryn Prior
  1. Correspondence to Dr Kathryn Prior, Heart and Lung Unit, Torbay Hospital, Lawes Bridge, Torquay, Devon TQ2 7AA, UK; kathrynbrain{at}doctors.net.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208634

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.