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Received: 16 May 2018

Accepted: 19 July 2018

First Online: 11 September 2018

Authors’ information

: JK: Clinical Research Fellow presently supported by the British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship (FS/17/50/33061). RH: Medical student at University of Edinburgh. KS: Vascular technologist specialised in the transcranial Doppler imaging at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. MW: Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Head of the Undergraduate Medical School University of Glasgow and Director of Scottish Stroke Research Network. WW: MRC Clinician Scientist & Honorary Consultant Neurologist at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. JW: Head of Edinburgh Imaging, Director of Brain Research Imaging Centre, Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. DEN: British Heart Foundation John Wheatley Chair of Cardiology, Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

: Ethical approval was granted by the South East Scotland Research Ethics Committee 01 (approval number 16/SS/0217), and written consent was obtained from all participants.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests to declare.

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