24,26,34,66,111. For symptomatic patients with suspected CAD and a pre-test probability of 5–15%, functional imaging for detection of myocardial ischaemia or CCTA are normally recommended as initial tests to diagnose CAD. Treatment of other lesions should be delayed, planning a new hospitalization after the peak of the outbreak. Lancet Respir Med 2020; Williams B, Zhang Y. Respiratory: Many factors can make pregnant women more vulnerable to hard respiratory infections. In patients previously treated for hypertension who require invasive ventilation, parenteral antihypertensive medication is only indicated for those developing persistent severe hypertension. Physical activity should be strongly encouraged either in a home setting or outdoor areas with social space and will also improve well-being. In COVID-19-infected patients with clinical presentation compatible with CVD, three main entities should be considered: The rearrangement of the healthcare service required to face the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a series of relevant issues on prioritization of cardiac invasive procedures.136 Different regions in Europe and worldwide differ substantially in terms of local healthcare resources, epidemic density of the COVID-19 outbreak, changes of the epidemic over time and therefore access to healthcare services other than COVID-19 care. Eur Heart J 2017; Kucharski AJ, Russell TW, Diamond C, Liu Y, Edmunds J, Funk S, Eggo RM, Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases C-wg. TTE is very important, not only to evaluate pre-existing LV dysfunction in HF, but also to assess patients suspected of having SARS CoV 2-associated myocarditis.153 During all medical procedures, an attention should be given to prevent viral transmission to HCP. SARS-CoV‑2 can initially be detected 1–2 days prior to onset of upper respiratory tract symptoms. Europace 2019; Brugada J, Katritsis DG, Arbelo E, Arribas F, Bax JJ, Blomstrom-Lundqvist C, Calkins H, Corrado D, Deftereos SG, Diller GP, Gomez-Doblas JJ, Gorenek B, Grace A, Ho SY, Kaski JC, Kuck KH, Lambiase PD, Sacher F, Sarquella-Brugada G, Suwalski P, Zaza A, Group ESCSD. Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1. Therefore, CCS patients should not withdraw aspirin for secondary prevention. Eur Heart J 2020; Maron DJ, Hochman JS, Reynolds HR, Bangalore S, O'Brien SM, Boden WE, Chaitman BR, Senior R, Lopez-Sendon J, Alexander KP, Lopes RD, Shaw LJ, Berger JS, Newman JD, Sidhu MS, Goodman SG, Ruzyllo W, Gosselin G, Maggioni AP, White HD, Bhargava B, Min JK, Mancini GBJ, Berman DS, Picard MH, Kwong RY, Ali ZA, Mark DB, Spertus JA, Krishnan MN, Elghamaz A, Moorthy N, Hueb WA, Demkow M, Mavromatis K, Bockeria O, Peteiro J, Miller TD, Szwed H, Doerr R, Keltai M, Selvanayagam JB, Steg PG, Held C, Kohsaka S, Mavromichalis S, Kirby R, Jeffries NO, Harrell FE, Jr., Rockhold FW, Broderick S, Ferguson TB, Jr., Williams DO, Harrington RA, Stone GW, Rosenberg Y, Group IR. SARS-CoV‑2 utilizes the ACE2 receptors for cell entry and some data indicate that ACEIs and ARBs may upregulate ACE2,154 thus hypothetically increasing the susceptibility to the infection. AGENT OR AGENCY FIRST NAME LAST NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE EMAIL; William Carter Chapman: Bill: Chapman: 9684 FM 1960 Bypass Rd W: Humble: TX: 77338: 2815489903 In addition to personal protective equipment (PPE) for HCP, all suspected/probable or confirmed SARS-CoV‑2 patients should wear a disposable surgical mask when in room with HCP or other persons. Dong E, Du H, Gardner L. An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time. Chronic and acute coronary syndrome presentations can be associated with respiratory symptoms. Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19. Table 3 provides general recommendations. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). Nat Med 2005; Rodrigues Prestes TR, Rocha NP, Miranda AS, Teixeira AL, Simoes ESAC. Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitor for Functional Mitral Regurgitation. When choosing the appropriate drug and regimen (parenteral versus oral) for initial, in-hospital anticoagulation, the possibility of rapid cardiorespiratory deterioration due to COVID-19 should be taken into account. ICNARC report on COVID-19 in critical care. Initial reports from China noted that hypertension was one of the most common co-morbidities (20–30% of cases) associated with the need for ventilatory support due to severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 infection.10,65,80,99,180 These analyses did not adjust for age, which is important because hypertension is very common in older people (~50% in people aged over 60 years are hypertensive) and hypertension prevalence increases sharply in the very old. Due to the relatively low sensitivity of chest X-ray to detect COVID-19 pneumonia, patients with a high degree of clinical suspicion (tachypnoea, hypoxaemia), but with ambiguous chest X-ray findings, should be referred to chest CT.152 Laboratory findings, such as increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, fibrinogen and C-reactive protein, and lymphocytopenia, may suggest COVID-19 pneumonia. Most hospitals will however be cohorting confirmed, The use of dedicated medical equipment (e.g. Resources and cardiac specialists should be concentrated in the hub centres to guarantee the appropriate acute treatment to all the cardiac patients in need of it; The ambulance networks should be rearranged according to the new hub and spoke organization. World Health Organization. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeaa072, Soldati G, Smargiassi A, Inchingolo R, Buonsenso D, Perrone T, Briganti DF, Perlini S, Torri E, Mariani A, Mossolani EE, Tursi F, Mento F, Demi L. Is There a Role for Lung Ultrasound During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Br J Clin Pharmacol 2000; Faragon JJ, Budak JZ. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2019; Mzayek F, Deng H, Mather FJ, Wasilevich EC, Liu H, Hadi CM, Chansolme DH, Murphy HA, Melek BH, Tenaglia AN, Mushatt DM, Dreisbach AW, Lertora JJ, Krogstad DJ. More importantly, in severe cases of COVID-19, systemic increases of numerous cytokines including IL-6 IL-2, IL-7, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10), chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2, and tumour necrosis factor-α have all been observed in subjects with COVID-19,65 which corresponds to the characteristics of a cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Boriani G, Fauchier L, Aguinaga L, Beattie JM, Blomstrom Lundqvist C, Cohen A, Dan GA, Genovesi S, Israel C, Joung B, Kalarus Z, Lampert R, Malavasi VL, Mansourati J, Mont L, Potpara T, Thornton A, Lip GYH, Group ESCSD. Such mild elevations are in general well explained by the combination of possible pre-existing cardiac disease AND/OR the acute injury related to COVID-19. Luo M, Cao S, Wei L, Tang R, Hong S, Liu R, Wang Y. Precautions for Intubating Patients with COVID-19. Non-invasive imaging using CCTA may speed-up risk stratification, avoid an invasive approach139 allowing early discharge. Two scenarios will be considered: The infection should be suspected according to recently defined epidemiological and clinical criteria.143. Clin Med Insights Case Rep 2019; Vasheghani-Farahani A, Sahraian MA, Darabi L, Aghsaie A, Minagar A. JAMA 2020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.4812. Eur J Heart Fail 2019; AlGhamdi M, Mushtaq F, Awn N, Shalhoub S. MERS CoV infection in two renal transplant recipients: case report. Cardiovasc Res 2020; Fang L, Karakiulakis G, Roth M. Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? Patients with STEMI or high-risk NSTEMI should be triaged by the emergency medical services team and timely transported to hub centres, if feasible. Preceding coronaviruses outbreaks such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) were associated with a significant burden of CV comorbidities and complications.20,21 Common cardiac complications in SARS were hypotension, myocarditis, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death (SCD).22,23 Diagnostic workup during SARS infection revealed electrocardiographic changes, sub-clinical left ventricular (LV) diastolic impairment and troponin elevation. A cause-and-effect relationship between drug therapy and survival should not be inferred given the lack of ongoing randomized trials. Patients with mild, stable diseases should be discharged from the ED as soon as possible (Figure 8), with the suggestion to stay at home in quarantine if a COVID-19 infection is suspected or confirmed. There remain conditions where exercise testing is necessary. The clinical presentation of brady- or tachyarrhythmias in the context of COVID-19 does not differ from those previously described (i.e. Mild elevations in cardiac troponin T/I concentrations (e.g. Treatment With Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Interferon-beta1b Improves Outcome of MERS-CoV Infection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Common Marmoset. In particular, elevations of D-Dimers have been associated with poor outcome.84 Although the D-dimers have a lower specificity for the diagnosis of acute PE, 32–53% of patients still have a normal D-dimer and the vast majority has D dimers below 1000 ng/ml.10,34,80 Therefore, recommended diagnostic algorithms combing pre-test probability assessment and D dimer tests can be used in case of suspected acute PE.119 In particular, algorithms applying a pre-test probability dependent D-dimer threshold may yield a decent specificity.120-122, The potential mechanisms underlying myocardial injury in those with COVID-19 infection are not fully understood. Eur Heart J 2007; Peiris JS, Chu CM, Cheng VC, Chan KS, Hung IF, Poon LL, Law KI, Tang BS, Hon TY, Chan CS, Chan KH, Ng JS, Zheng BJ, Ng WL, Lai RW, Guan Y, Yuen KY, Group HUSS. J Pharm Pract 2014; Lu ZK, Yuan J, Li M, Sutton SS, Rao GA, Jacob S, Bennett CL. Importantly, the ESC Guidance document aims to suggest a high level of protection for HCP in the worst transmission scenario of SARS-CoV‑2 infection. Radiology 2020:200642. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200642. The pathobiology of coronavirus infection involves, Cytokine release storm, originating from imbalance of T cell activation with dysregulated release of interleukin (. Eur Heart J 2019; Baumgartner H, Falk V, Bax JJ, De Bonis M, Hamm C, Holm PJ, Iung B, Lancellotti P, Lansac E, Rodriguez Munoz D, Rosenhek R, Sjogren J, Tornos Mas P, Vahanian A, Walther T, Wendler O, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, Group ESCSD. Identify and correct modifiable risk factors in all patients. D-dimers are generated by cleavage of fibrin monomers by prothrombin and indicate the presence of thrombin formation or reflect an unspecific acute phase response from infection or inflammation. Get an overview of major world indexes, current values and stock market data. Differences between survivors and non-survivors were significant for all time points shown. Ambulatory stable HF patients (with no cardiac emergencies) should refrain from hospital visits. Eur Heart J 2018; Sommerstein R, Grani C. Rapid Response: Re: Preventing a covid-19 pandemic: ACE inhibitors as a potential risk factor for fatal Covid-19. Eur Heart J 2018; Christ-Crain M, Breidthardt T, Stolz D, Zobrist K, Bingisser R, Miedinger D, Leuppi J, Tamm M, Mueller B, Mueller C. Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the risk stratification of community-acquired pneumonia. The level of protection of HCP depends on patient risk status, setting and procedure performed (Table 5). Epidemiol Infect 2010; Xu L, Liu J, Lu M, Yang D, Zheng X. Liver injury during highly pathogenic human coronavirus infections. Special considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic are depicted in Figure 17 and summarized below: There are no specific reports on the occurrence of COVID-19 infection in patients with channelopathies. However, the median duration between onset of symptoms and admission to ICU in critically ill COVID-19 patients has been 9–10 days, suggesting a gradual respiratory deterioration in most patients.102 A simple, actionable classification scheme for CS diagnosis has recently been proposed.103. Acute Infection and Myocardial Infarction. Haeusler IL, Chan XHS, Guerin PJ, White NJ. Lancet Infect Dis 2020; Zeng J, Huang J, Pan L. How to balance acute myocardial infarction and COVID-19: the protocols from Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital. Read your latest personalised notifications, 3. Coagulation: During pregnancy, there are higher levels of circulating coagulation factors, and the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection can be implicated. Diagnosis of COVID-19 relies on a combination of epidemiological criteria (contact within incubation period), presence of clinical symptoms as well as laboratory testing (nucleic acid amplification tests) and clinical imaging based tests; Widespread testing proves efficient in the containment phase of the epidemic; Quality of sample collection (deep nasal swab) and transport (time) to laboratories are essential to avoid false negative outcomes; If possible, it is advisable to provide a surgical mask to every outpatient and health care giver especially in countries experiencing community transmission; The facility should perform a triage to assess patient risk status (, This will allow distinguishing of two types of patients, the probable/suspected case or the not probable/suspected or negative case. As quantitative markers of haemodynamic stress and HF, the concentrations of BNP/NT-proBNP in a patient with COVID-19 should be seen as the combination of the presence/extent of pre-existing cardiac disease AND/OR the acute haemodynamic stress related to COVID-19.26,115-117 At least to some extent, the release of BNP/NT-proBNP seems to be associated with the extent of right ventricular haemodynamic stress. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2017; Choi Y, Lim HS, Chung D, Choi JG, Yoon D. Risk Evaluation of Azithromycin-Induced QT Prolongation in Real-World Practice. ", "China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO", "WHO says Europe is new epicenter of coronavirus pandemic", "Coronavirus: Number of COVID-19 deaths in Italy surpasses China as total reaches 3,405", "The U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus Cases", "Studies Show N.Y. 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Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Cell 2020; Wu Y. Boeddinghaus J, Nestelberger T, Twerenbold R, Neumann JT, Lindahl B, Giannitsis E, Sorensen NA, Badertscher P, Jann JE, Wussler D, Puelacher C, Rubini Gimenez M, Wildi K, Strebel I, Du Fay de Lavallaz J, Selman F, Sabti Z, Kozhuharov N, Potlukova E, Rentsch K, Miro O, Martin-Sanchez FJ, Morawiec B, Parenica J, Lohrmann J, Kloos W, Buser A, Geigy N, Keller DI, Osswald S, Reichlin T, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Mueller C, Apace B, Investigators T-A. SSRN Electronic Journal 2020; Danzi GB, Loffi M, Galeazzi G, Gherbesi E. Acute pulmonary embolism and COVID-19 pneumonia: a random association? Very high-risk non-ST-segment elevation (, Others should undergo a nasopharyngeal swab immediately after admission (, If an invasive approach is clinically indicated, the procedure should be performed in a dedicated. The mechanisms underlying potential relationships between hypertension and COVID-19 are thought most likely to relate confounding due to age and associated comorbidities.47 Previous speculation proposed that treatment of hypertension with RAS inhibitors may influence SARS-CoV‑2 binding to ACE2, promoting disease.48 This is based on some experimental findings that RAS inhibitors cause a compensatory increase in tissue levels of ACE2,49 and that ACE-inhibitors or ARBs may be detrimental in patients exposed to SARS-CoV-2.50 It is however important to emphasize that there is no clear evidence that using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) lead to up-regulation of ACE2 in human tissues. N Engl J Med 2000; Rosenhek R, Zilberszac R, Schemper M, Czerny M, Mundigler G, Graf S, Bergler-Klein J, Grimm M, Gabriel H, Maurer G. Natural history of very severe aortic stenosis. Alterative diagnostic methods for CAD not requiring exercise should be used as an alternative to exercise testing whenever possible. The thromboembolic events with associated mortality are a risk for pregnant women. https://scmr.org/page/COVID19 (March 25, 2020; date last accessed). Triaging CV patients in need of CPAP from COVID-19 patients with pneumonia is mandatory, but still isolated rooms for COVID-19 positive CV patients (with acute HF for example) different from rooms for COVID-19 negative CV patients are very much needed. Effect of High Influenza Activity on Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias Requiring Therapy in Patients With Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators. The recommendations are the result of observations and personal experience from health care providers at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic. HeartRhythm Case Rep 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrcr.2020.03.012, Azarkish M, Laleh Far V, Eslami M, Mollazadeh R. Transient complete heart block in a patient with critical COVID-19. Mayo Clin Proc 2020; Yang T, Roden DM. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/index.html. Patients with CV comorbidities are at increased risk of the more severe presentation and complications of COVID-19. The indications provided in this document refer mainly to the scenario of heavy involvement and, in part, to the scenario of moderate involvement. Indeed, studies in animal models of infection with influenza or coronaviruses have suggested that ACE2 is important in protecting the lung against severe injury and that RAS-blocking drugs are also protective against severe lung injury due to these viruses.186-188 Human studies of RAS-blockade or recombinant ACE2 to prevent respiratory decompensation in COVID-19 infected patients have been suggested, planned or are ongoing.189,190, In summary, there is currently no evidence to suggest that ACEIs or ARBs increase the risk associated with COVID-19 infection and there is no reason why these drugs should be discontinued due to concern about COVID-19 infection. Maintain a healthy lifestyle (e.g. Heart Rhythm 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.03.024, Chang D, Saleh M, Garcia-Bengo Y, Choi E, Epstein L, Willner J. COVID-19 Infection Unmasking Brugada Syndrome. Europace 2016; Monsieurs KG, Nolan JP, Bossaert LL, Greif R, Maconochie IK, Nikolaou NI, Perkins GD, Soar J, Truhlar A, Wyllie J, Zideman DA, Group ERCGW. Even so, it is still advised to follow diagnostic algorithms starting with pre-test probability and D-dimer testing, especially when pre-test probability dependent D-dimer thresholds are being used.120-122 This may help to rationalize the deployment of resources and personnel for transporting a patient to the radiology department with all the associated isolation precautions. Influenza epidemics and acute respiratory disease activity are associated with a surge in autopsy-confirmed coronary heart disease death: results from 8 years of autopsies in 34,892 subjects. In a study of 138 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, arrhythmia was reported in 16.7% of total patients and in 16 of 36 patients admitted to the ICU (44%), although the authors did not further specify its type.10 In a subsequent publication from the same institution, ventricular tachycardia (VT)/ventricular fibrillation (VF) was reported as a complication of the COVID-19 disease in 11 of 187 patients (5.9%), with a significantly higher incidence in patients with elevated troponin T.25 However, the largest observational study from China, with 1099 patients from 552 hospitals, did not report any arrhythmia.80 Hypoxaemia and a systemic hyperinflammation status may lead to new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF), although there are no published data so far. An expert consensus meeting report of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 protects from severe acute lung failure. However, at the low dose administered in CCS, aspirin has very limited anti inflammatory effect. Ferguson ND, Fan E, Camporota L, Antonelli M, Anzueto A, Beale R, Brochard L, Brower R, Esteban A, Gattinoni L, Rhodes A, Slutsky AS, Vincent JL, Rubenfeld GD, Thompson BT, Ranieri VM. ECG changes after rabbit coronavirus infection. Circulation 2012; Kwong JC, Li P, Redelmeier DA. Cell 2020; Yan R, Zhang Y, Li Y, Xia L, Guo Y, Zhou Q. Accordingly, a high level of vigilance is necessary to prevent contracting the infection when managing patients using CPAP, when intubation is performed or the transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) probe is inserted. MERS was associated with myocarditis and HF.22, COVID-19 infection seems to have comparable cardiac manifestations. Chest 2014; Madjid M, Connolly AT, Nabutovsky Y, Safavi-Naeini P, Razavi M, Miller CC. Eur J Heart Fail 2020; Furuhashi M, Moniwa N, Mita T, Fuseya T, Ishimura S, Ohno K, Shibata S, Tanaka M, Watanabe Y, Akasaka H, Ohnishi H, Yoshida H, Takizawa H, Saitoh S, Ura N, Shimamoto K, Miura T. Urinary angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in hypertensive patients may be increased by olmesartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2020; Mehra MR, Desai SS, Kuy S, Henry TD, Patel AN. How long is the virus present? J R Soc Med 2015; Martineau AR, Jolliffe DA, Hooper RL, Greenberg L, Aloia JF, Bergman P, Dubnov-Raz G, Esposito S, Ganmaa D, Ginde AA, Goodall EC, Grant CC, Griffiths CJ, Janssens W, Laaksi I, Manaseki-Holland S, Mauger D, Murdoch DR, Neale R, Rees JR, Simpson S, Jr., Stelmach I, Kumar GT, Urashima M, Camargo CA, Jr. Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA). https://www.hiv.uw.edu/go/antiretroviral-therapy/drug-drug-interactions/core-concept/all (February 7, 2020; date last accessed). Serum antibody and antigen detection tests would be the easiest and fastest, but have not yet been validated, and there may be cross-reactivity with other coronaviruses, especially SARS-coronavirus. Specifically in the context of COVID-19 infection, the following considerations should be made (Figure 16): Although there are no reports on the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias in the general population of patients with COVID-19 infection, a recent single centre retrospective study from Wuhan analyzed the occurrence and significance of malignant ventricular arrythmias in 187 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. Screening of an FDA-approved compound library identifies four small-molecule inhibitors of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus replication in cell culture. Long-term outcomes following development of new-onset atrial fibrillation during sepsis. The general principles of management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac implantable devices during the COVID-19 pandemic are based on: Several national societies and health services including the Heart Rhythm Society, National Health Service (UK) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand have issued similar local recommendations to achieve these goals and guide the management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac implantable devices during the COVID-19 pandemic.199-201 Below, we review considerations for implantable cardiac device monitoring and follow-up, elective and urgent EP procedures and treatment options of cardiac arrhythmias during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shi H, Han X, Jiang N, Cao Y, Alwalid O, Gu J, Fan Y, Zheng C. Radiological findings from 81 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. Median Sales Price Of Houses. Some peculiar aspects of this pandemic, potentially affecting triage of cardiac patients, should be outlined: Hub centres are committed to provide acute reperfusion to all patients requiring an urgent PCI. It is unlikely that cardiac troponin T/I provides incremental value to a full model. Herz 2020; Chen L, Li X, Chen M, Feng Y, Xiong C. The ACE2 expression in human heart indicates new potential mechanism of heart injury among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2020:105949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105949. What is the role of asymptomatic/pre-symptomatic infected persons? Performance of exercise testing is discouraged in COVID-19 suspect or positive patients and, in general, in every patient in COVID-19 epidemic or potentially epidemic areas. One major concern with these drugs is the very rare risk of QTc prolongation and TdP/sudden death. Non-invasive testing in patients with CCS is tailored upon different clinical presentations.148 In regions with high rate of SARS-CoV‑2 infection, evaluation of asymptomatic CCS patients with non invasive testing should be postponed in order not to expose these patients to an unnecessary risk of infection or overload the health care systems.

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