Masi, Stefano http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7591-3686
Georgiopoulos, Georgios
Khan, Tauseef
Johnson, William
Wong, Andrew
Charakida, Marietta
Whincup, Peter
Hughes, Alun D.
Richards, Marcus
Hardy, Rebecca
Deanfield, John
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12019/1, MC_UU_12019/2, MC_UU_12019/3, MR/P023347/1)
British Heart Foundation (CH/03/002/15570)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2017
Accepted: 23 April 2018
First Online: 28 May 2018
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