Tse Hung-Fat - Oxford desk reference. Cardiology

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Oxford Desk Reference
Cardiology

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Hung-Fat Tse

Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine,

Queen Mary Hospital,

The University of Hong Kong, China

Gregory Y.H. Lip

University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences,

City Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Andrew J. Stewart Coats

University of East Anglia,

Norwich, UK

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Walter Ageno

Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria,

Varese, Italy

Manuel J. Antunes

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,

University of Coimbra, Portugal

Paul W. Armstrong

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sameer Ather

Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,

Houston, USA

George L. Bakris

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine,

Chicago, USA

Ragavendra R. Baliga

Ohio State University Hospital East, Columbus,

and The Ohio State University, USA

Jeroen J. Bax

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical

Center, The Netherlands

David Benditt

University of Minnesota Cardiac Arrhythmia Center,

Minneapolis, USA

Karen Blair

Department of Health, Wellbeing and Family

Canterbury Christchurch University-Medway Campus,

Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK

Rutger J. van Bommel

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical

Center, The Netherlands

Philipp Bonhoeffer

Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, Great Ormond Street

Hospital for Children, London, UK

Robert S. Bonser

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth

Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

Michele Brignole

Ospedale Tilgullio, Lavagna, Italy

Alida Caforio

Department of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular

Sciences, University of Padua, Italy

John L. Caplin

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Castle Hill

Hospital, Hull, UK

Thierry P. Carrel

Director and Head of Cardiovascular Surgery,

Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Division of Cardiovascular

Surgery, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland

David Carruthers

City Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals

Trust, Birmingham, UK

Stefan Cash

Department of Child Health,

Birmingham City University, UK

John B. Chambers

Guys and St Thomas Hospitals, London, UK

Bernard M.Y. Cheung

Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics,

Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China

Andrew L. Clark

Hull York Medical School in the University of Hull,

Castle Hill Hospital, UK

John G.F. Cleland

Hull York Medical School, University of Hull,

East Riding of Yorkshire, UK

Andrew J. Stewart Coats

University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Louise Coats

Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Derek T. Connelly

Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Golden Jubilee National