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Comment
. 2022 Aug 11;108(17):1416-1418.
doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321527.

Response to: Correspondence on 'Cardiovascular considerations for scuba divers' by Wilmshurst et al

Jason V Tso  1 , Joshua M Powers  1 , Jonathan H Kim  2
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Response to: Correspondence on 'Cardiovascular considerations for scuba divers' by Wilmshurst et al

Jason V Tso et al. Heart. .
No abstract available

Keywords: hypertension; stroke.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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