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¹ National Institute of Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England; Academic Unit of Sleep and Ventilation, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England; Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, London, England.
² National Institute of Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England.
³ Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, London, England.
⁴ Academic Unit of Sleep and Ventilation, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England. Electronic address: m.morrell@imperial.ac.uk.

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Zarrin F Shaikh et al. Chest. 2013.

. 2013 Feb 1;143(2):582.

doi: 10.1378/chest.12-2501.

¹ National Institute of Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England; Academic Unit of Sleep and Ventilation, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England; Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, London, England.
² National Institute of Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England.
³ Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, London, England.
⁴ Academic Unit of Sleep and Ventilation, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, England. Electronic address: m.morrell@imperial.ac.uk.

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Patent foramen ovale in severe obstructive sleep apnea: clinical features and effects of closure.
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