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Dr Syed Ahsan is a leading consultant cardiologist based in London who has been nominated for and won many awards in his field. Having trained in various prestigious centres in London, Dr Ahsan is highly experienced in all areas of cardiology with a specialist interest in heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias). He also sees patients with palpitations, chest pains, shortness of breath and high blood pressure. Dr Ahsan graduated from Guys Kings and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2000 and undertook cardiology specialist training at prestigious hospitals in London, working with world-renowned experts. His post-graduate medical doctorate was awarded from University College London and has produced pioneering work that was also awarded by the Royal Society of Medicine National Prize in 2009. This was then presented internationally across Europe and the USA. His NHS practice is based at Barts Heart Centre, one of the largest cardiac units in Europe, where Dr Ahsan is one of the lead clinicians for atrial fibrillation (AF). He performs catheter ablation procedures for AF and other heart rhythm disorders and is an expert in implanting all kinds of cardiac devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators and resynchronisation devices. In addition, he is an honorary consultant at North Middlesex University Hospital where he also established the first cardiac ablation service in North London. Dr Ahsan is known for his patient-centred approach, ensuring that his patients are always fully aware and comfortable with the consultation and treatment process. From his clinics across London, Dr Ahsan offers treatment for all aspects of adult cardiology and heart rhythm disorders.

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Dr Shelley Rahman Haley is a consultant cardiologist in London, Harefield and Hemel Hempstead, who specialises in heart valve disease, particularly mitral and aortic valve disease, and transoesophageal echocardiography. Dr Rahman Haley also has an interest in heart problems in cancer patients (cardio-oncology) who are undergoing chemotherapy or other treatment that may affect the heart. Dr Rahman Haley qualified from Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine in 1995. She trained in cardiology with a sub-specialist interest in non-interventional cardiology, echocardiography and cardiac imaging at Papworth, Royal Brompton and St Thomas’ Hospitals. She was appointed as the first Clinical Lead for echocardiography at Harefield Hospital in 2007. Dr Rahman Haley now focuses on research connected with mechanical circulatory support, cardiac and lung transplantation and heart valve disease. She has co-authored papers in high-impact journals including Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Dr Eric Holroyd is a leading consultant cardiologist Cheshire, Stoke and Greater Manchester who specialises in the investigation of breathlessness, chest pain and palpitations among other cardiovascular symptoms. His areas of expertise include the management of angina, valvular heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. He is a high volume interventional cardiologist performing over 200 angioplasties (stenting procedures) a year in both elective and emergency situations.  Dr Holroyd studied medicine at the University of Cambridge before training at centres which include the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, the University Hospital of the North Midlands and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA. He performed cutting-edge research at the Mayo Clinic and presented his work in international conferences in both the USA and Europe as well as publishing it in international journals. He received a doctorate from the University of Cambridge for this work.  Currently Dr Holroyd is the clinical lead cardiologist at Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust and an interventional cardiologist at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Dr Holroyd performs diagnostic coronary and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI or stenting) usually via a radical approach (in the wrist) for patients with ischaemic heart disease and other indications. He is familiar with the use of intravascular imaging, pressure wire assessment and other percutaneous procedures.

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Dr Allan Harkness is a highly acclaimed consultant cardiologist, based in Essex and Suffolk, with a special interest in CT coronary angiography and advanced echocardiography. Dr Harkness works privately at the Oaks Hospital, Colchester and the Nash Basildon Private Unit at The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre. After graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1994, Dr Harkness went on to complete further specialist training in London and Glasgow, gaining accreditation in both general medicine and cardiology. During his research into heart failure, he worked with the British Heart Foundation on a nurse-led community heart failure service which became the NICE-approved standard of care nationwide.   Dr Harkness has been a consultant cardiologist at Colchester Hospital since 2006 and at the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre since it opened in 2007. In 2010, he became the clinical lead for cardiology at Colchester Hospital, where he has extensively developed their cardiac services. Thereafter, he was appointed as Divisional Director for Medicine and Emergency Care for Colchester Hospital in 2017. He continued this role after the merger of Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals in the new East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.   Dr Harkness is a core member of the Education Committee of the British Society of Echocardiography and lectures for national training programs. He also developed the BSE android app EchoCalc, which is the number one app for cardiac physiologists worldwide. He is currently updating the UK national standards for echocardiography in heart failure and valve disease. For his contribution to education, research, leadership, volunteering and national reputation, he was awarded Fellow of the British Society of Echocardiography in October 2019.

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Dr John Rex Dawson is a leading consultant cardiologist who practises at The London Clinic in Marylebone. His areas of expertise include coronary artery disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart failure management and transoesophageal echocardiogram. Dr Dawson graduated from the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1975. His training in cardiology was undertaken at Hillingdon, St Thomas', Royal Brompton and St George's Hospitals before he became a consultant cardiologist at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospital. Dr Dawson's training in cardiology was extremely comprehensive but he developed three specific areas of interest during his 25 years as an NHS consultant. This was in interventional cardiology, echocardiography and valvular heart disease.  Dr Dawson has written or contributed to papers, chapters and abstracts, which have been published in books and journals including Heart, European Journal of Cardiology and New England Journal of Medicine.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Dr Sohaib is available to see patients via telephone or video consultation.  Please contact his team for further details.  Dr Afzal Sohaib is a Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in heart rhythm problems. Palpitations, blackouts (syncope), and heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation can be quite distressing when a person first experiences them, especially when it is unclear why they are happening. Dr Sohaib applies a personalised approach to each individual patient to find the right tests to find the cause and right treatments for each person. These treatments may just be reassurance and advice, but sometimes medication is required, and in some people procedures such as pacemakers and  implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) implantation or ablation procedures which he performs. He qualified from the University College London (UCL) in 2005. After his studies, Dr Sohaib trained in leading teaching hospitals in London, including the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals NHS Trust. He obtained a PhD from Imperial College. Aside from his NHS posts, Dr Sohaib attends private patients at the One Heart Clinic, Harley Street, London, Spire London East, and Chiswick Medical Centre. He performs procedures including ablations, pacemaker and defibrillator implants at The Harley Street Clinic, St Bartholomew's Hospital, The Wellington Hospital, and London Independent Hospital.  Dr Sohaib's research interests are in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac devices. He has written a book in this area and has published numerous scientific peer reviewed articles. Furthermore, he has given speeches at national and international cardiology conferences. He has also assisted in improving the teaching and training of cardiology for medical students and junior doctors in the UK and Europe from roles he has held.

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Dr Niket Patel is a foremost consultant interventional cardiologist based in London who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. His areas of expertise lie in chest pain, breathlessness, interventional cardiology, advanced imaging, arrhythmia and heart failure. Dr Patel's main goal is to deliver excellent care to his patients, putting them all at the heart of his decision-making process. His years' of training in London and Oxford has provided him with a wealth of expertise that allows him to expertly manage all diseases and conditions related to the heart. He also has a special interest in the area of cardiac intervention, which involves using minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat heart problems. In addition to his consultancy role, Dr Patel is passionate about training the next generation of doctors. As a result, he is an honorary senior clinical lecturer and a cardiology module lead at University College London. He is also responsible for training specialist doctors in both cardiology and cardiac intervention. Being actively involved in cardiac research positions him at the forefront of his medical field. Overall, he has authored over 50 scientific publication in peer-reviewed journals and is an investigator for numerous international trials. His principal areas of research are in coronary physiology, microvascular function, intra-coronary imaging and myocardial infarction.

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Professor Aldo Rinaldi is a leading London consultant cardiologist based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital and has done since 2006. He trained in medicine at King’s College Hospital. He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1993 and is a professor of electrophysiology. Professor Aldo Rinaldi researched at the University Hospital of Wales and the Hammersmith Hospital and gained his MD in 2001. He became a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society in 2013 and was promoted in 2014 to professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology and devices at King’s College London. He specialises in treating cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure, electrophysiology/radiofrequency ablation and complex pacing. He has published articles in more than 300 peer-reviewed journals, as well as several manuscripts and book chapters.

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Professor Christoph Nienaber is an internationally recognised consultant cardiologist based in London who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of aortic pathology. His areas of expertise include non-surgical aortic interventions in dissection, aneurysm and coarctation of the aorta. He is an expert in complex coronary interventions, non-invasive diagnostics, hypertension (high blood pressure), inherited heart diseases and thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Professor Nienaber began his academic career at University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. He then took a temporary position at the University California School of Medicine before returning to Hamburg. From there he chaired internal medicine and cardiology at Rostock University Hospital in Germany. He began practising in the UK in 2015 when he was appointed as a consultant in Cardiology and Aortopathy at Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He is now a member of the British Society of Interventional Cardiology and an internationally renowned specialist in interventional cardiology and aortopathy practising at various sites in London. In addition to his consultant work, Professor Nienaber is a scientific teacher and an international lecturer. He has served on various international guideline committees such as the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and has been involved in high profile medico-legal cases in Germany, the UK and the USA. Professor Christoph Nienaber conducts research in the field of advanced interventional approaches to coronary, aortic and structural heart disease and has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has also pioneered novel endovascular techniques for the treatment of aortic dissection and has led and participated in guideline-changing trials.

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Chris Malkin is a highly rated consultant interventional cardiologist based in Leeds. He specialises in TAVI (keyhole aortic valve implantation) , coronary intervention (stents), valvular heart disease, chest pain and hypertension. Dr Malkin trained in Sheffield obtained an honours degree and post-graduate MD. In 2010, he was awarded a prestigious BCIS training fellowship (British Cardiac Interventional Society) and spent a year of higher training in South Australia. In 2010 Dr Malkin was appointed consultant interventional cardiologist at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals.  and is now one of the highest volume operators in the region. He is highly skilled in coronary intervention and has excellent outcomes - all of which are published annually on the NHS Choices website. He is also a leading member of the Leeds trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) programme and performs more than 250 aortic valve interventions annually. In addition to his consultancy work, he co-operates in important clinical trials of new technologies and training programmes for start-up centres. Dr Malkin performs training and proctoring for TAVI procedures all round the world; most recently in India and Taiwan Dr Malkin takes time to make a correct diagnosis in his patients to ensure they receive the most accurate information. He believes in open discussion and will assist his patients in making suitable choices to for their health.

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Please phone Dr Sarev's office on 0122375800 or email Lynette on lynette.shuckford@nhs.net to book an appointment. Dr Toomas Sarev is leading consultant interventional cardiologist in Great Yarmouth and Norwich, who covers all aspects of diagnosing and management of heart-related problems in adults including chest pain, angina, heart attacks, heart rhythm disturbances and palpitations, heart failure, valvular diseases, arterial hypertension and pacemakers. He is also interested in questions related to healthy lifestyle, diets, exercise physiology and weight loss.   Dr Sarev graduated from Tartu University, Estonia in 1988 and performed further training in internal medicine and cardiology at Tampere University Hospital, Finland.   From 2002-2010 he worked as an interventional cardiologist at Karolinska and Danderyd University Hospitals in Stockholm, Sweden. He worked for four months at the Salam Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery, Khartoum, Sudan before his post as a consultant cardiologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals.    Dr Sarev is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia where he teaches second-year medical students about the cardiac cycle and angiography.   He speaks English, Estonian, Swedish, Finnish and Russian.

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Dr Boon Lim is one of London's leading cardiologists and electrophysiologists. He specialises in heart rhythm disturbances, pacing and syncope at Imperial College and at his Harley Street clinic. He leads the established Imperial Syncope Diagnostic Service at Hammersmith Hospital and is frequently invited to national and international meetings to share his experience. He has a special interest in the mapping and ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) and is highly-skilled at using modern 3-D mapping technologies. Dr Lim was awarded several prestigious prizes during his medical training at Cambridge University where he obtained a double First Class Honours Degree. He has continued his passion for education and research serving as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College where he supervises several PhD students. Dr Lim is very actively engaged in all aspects of research with a particular interest in developing the best techniques for treating atrial fibrillation. He is invited to speak both nationally and internationally to discuss his findings and to teach other physicians about the best techniques for complex mapping and ablation of atrial fibrillation and other complex arrhythmias. He leads a very active syncope research team based at the Imperial Syncope Diagnostic Unit and is looking to improve healthcare delivery for patients through use of effective online education to help improve the quality of life for patients across the UK. 

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Dr Neil Hobson is a leading consultant cardiologist based at the Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital. His areas of expertise lie in treating palpitations, atrial fibrillation, shortness of breath, heart failure, chest pain and unexplained blackouts and falls. Dr Hobson underwent specialist cardiology training in Sheffield. After researching the use of stress echocardiography in assessing the haemodynamic profiles of native and prosthetic heart valves, he produced original research publications in this area and achieved his medical degree in 2005. He also continued his training in the field of interventional electrophysiology and obtained his fellowship at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Whilst there, he was trained extensively in the management of cardiac arrhythmias. Dr Hobson currently practices at Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital and provides electrophysiological ablation of cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation ablations to a regional population of over 1 million. He is also committed to screening patients with a family history of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and routinely offers treatment to those considered at high risk with the implantation of cardiac pacemakers. Furthermore, he has a clinical interest in treating patients with heart failure using pioneering biventricular pacemakers. Dr Hobson was one of the very few cardiologists to receive a certificate of accreditation from the British Society of Echocardiography, which recognised his practical and theoretical understanding of cardiac echocardiography.

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Professor Nicholas Peters is an esteemed London cardiologist based at London Cardiovascular Clinic on Harley Street. He is an expert in electrophysiology, arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms), and device implantations, such as pacemakers. As Professor of Cardiology and Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Imperial College London, he is well regarded as one of the best in his field. Professor Peters graduated from the University of London, before training at several London teaching hospitals. He is accredited in both cardiology and general medicine. He was awarded an MD after completing a three.year British Heart Foundation Research Fellowship at Imperial College. He also undertook post-Doctoral research in the USA, at Columbia University, New York, where he continues to hold the position of Adjunct Professor. Professor Peters' research is widely published, and he sits on several boards and committees for various organisations. He is also co-founder of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society.

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Dr Ganesan Kumar is a highly experienced consultant cardiologist in Luton and Harpenden  who specializes in coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, syncope and cardiac and vascular disease prevention . Dr Kumar completed his medical degree in general medicine in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He moved to the UK for higher training in cardiology in 1998. He works as consultant cardiologist at Luton and Dunstable Hospital since 2009 and later secured a substantive role in November 2015. Apart from offering general cardiology services for most cardiac problems, he has championed multiple service developments. Dr Kumar leads a  myocardial perfusion imaging service at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, a non invasive functional assessment that helps in the diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease and to plan revascularisation. He also holds an accreditation in Cardiac CT, a non invasive anatomical test to diagnose coronary artery disease.  Dr Kumar leads heart failure service at  Luton and Dunstable Hospital  and primary care  (Luton and Central Bedfordshire, extending advice to parts of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire). He has practiced cardiology at different levels over the last 20 years and was based in Glasgow until February 2001. Most of Dr Kumar's higher training and practice was at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. He completed additional training at Bedford Hospital's Catherterisation Lab and short training at the busy Harefield Hospital Cardio-Thoracic ITU and Electrophysiology Unit. Dr Kumar has a keen interest in teaching and training medical students, junior doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff. He lectures at patient support group meetings.

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Dr Munmohan Singh Virdee is a leading cardiologist and electrophysiologist based in Cambridge, UK. He specialises in cardiac electrophysiology, performing device implants and catheter ablations for all types of cardiac arrhythmias, including for atrial fibrillation. He has a particular expertise in implanting biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators that deliver cardiac resynchronisation therapy for heart failure, and device extraction. Dr Virdee graduated in 1994 from the medical school of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, having also intercalated a BSc in Radiological Sciences in 1991. He trained as a junior doctor on London's prestigious golden circuit, before becoming a BHF research fellow at St George’s Hospital. In 2006, he was appointed at Papworth Hospital, where he now practices as a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist. He is a proud member of Heart Rhythm UK and the British Cardiovascular Society. His research work with the University of Cambridge, related to his expertise in implanting biventricular devices, has been presented at many international conferences and he has contributed to many medical publications in this field.

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Dr Deven Patel is a leading cardiologist based in the London area at the Wellington Hospital, Spire Bushey Hospital, and the Royal Free Hospital. He specialises in chest pain, angina, coronary angiography and intervention - stenting, and acute myocardial infaction. He has wide experience in managing arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, hypertension, and in heart failure. Dr Patel qualified from the University of London, and trained in cardiology at The Royal Free, Royal Brompton, and Harefield Hospitals. He is a well-established consultant of over 20 years standing, working in the NHS at The Royal Free and Barnet Hospitals. He has been the lead cardiologist at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals for over eight years and was instrumental in developing a catheter laboratory service at Barnet Hospital. He has an extensive private practice and receives a high level of referrals based on personal recommendation and for second opinions. Dr Patel has training and experience in all areas of cardiology, but his specialty has focused in the last 15 years on the assessment of chest pain and angina, coronary angiography, intervention and stenting. He has a particular interest in complex coronary intervention undertaking intravascular imaging and pressure wire studies, using rotablation prior to stenting. The majority of interventional procedures are undertaken via the arm using the radial artery. He has been involved in research into coronary artery disease, CT coronary angiography, and acute coronary syndromes.

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Professor Peter Groves is a highly-experienced Consultant Cardiologist in Cardiff who is an expert in assessing and treating a full range of cardiac conditions that present with symptoms such as chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, dizzy spells and blackouts. Professor Groves also specialises in structural heart disease and performs non-invasive cardiac testing as well as minimally invasive treatments including TAVI, percutaneous device ASD and PFO closure and mitral balloon valvuloplasty. Professor Groves provides a 'one-stop' Cardiology clinic service that comprises clinical assessment and non-invasive cardiac testing at the same visit to minimize inconvenience and ensure that a rapidly responsive expert opinion is available to patients. Professor Groves is an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University and an Honorary Professor at the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London

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Detailed information on Dr Mahida’s areas of expertise can be found at www.drsaagarmahida.co.uk/ Dr Saagar Mahida is a consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist whose private practice is based in Liverpool and Manchester. He specialises in treatment of heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmia), including atrial fibrillation, heart palpitations, ectopic beats, supraventricular tachycardia, and ventricular tachycardia.  Dr Mahida specialised in management of heart rhythm abnormalities at a number of the best centres in the world, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and Hospital Haut Leveque, Bordeaux where the first curative catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation worldwide was performed. He spent three years in the Harvard system in Boston working with world-leading heart rhythm experts. He has since established himself as a leading UK heart rhythm specialist and atrial fibrillation specialist.  Dr Mahida's NHS practice is based at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, the largest specialist heart hospital in the UK. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a tertiary referral centre covering Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire, and North Wales. Dr Mahida has led the development of a supra-regional (quaternary) service for specific heart rhythm abnormalities and proctors specialist consultants from UK and Europe on complex ablation techniques.

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Professor Attila Kardos is a leading consultant cardiologist based at the Milton Keynes University Hospital BMI Saxon Clinic in Milton Keynes and The Manor Hospital in Oxford. His areas of expertise include chest pain, palpitations, breathlessness, valve disease, cardiovascular imaging,  general cardiology cardio-oncology and heart screening. Professor Kardos graduated with a distinction in 1988 from Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School Szeged in Hungary. Whilst practising as a junior doctor at Szeged University, he spent two years at the Heart Centre in Bad Krozingen as a research fellow. He then went on to receive his research fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology which allowed him to work for almost five years as a fellow at the University Department of Cardiovascular Medicine in Oxford. Throughout his career, Professor Kardos has published and presented over 100 peer-reviewed papers and has given various lectures in over 140 national and international conferences, of which he has been a keynote speaker. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the XVIIIth – XXIth Congresses of the European Society of Cardiology. In 2003, Professor Kardos was appointed as a consultant cardiologist at Milton Keynes University Hospital where he is now the Vice-Chair of Research and Development. He has established several cardiac services at Milton Keynes, such as contrast-enhanced stress echocardiography for chest pain assessment, and introduced invasive coronary angiography and permanent pacemaker implantation. In addition, he is an honorary senior lecturer to the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford and was awarded a personal Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Buckingham in 2018.

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