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Revisiting the Readability of Online Patient Information in Interventional Radiology

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  1. Department of Interventional Radiology, Galway University Hospitals, Newcastle Road, Galway, H91 YR71, Ireland

    George Rahmani & Gerard J. O’Sullivan

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George Rahmani: No conflict of interest. Gerard O’Sullivan: Paid medical advisor/speakers bureau for Cook Medical, BSCI, Bard, Medtronic, Merit, Marvao, Versono, Intact Vascular, Creagh Medical, Vetex.

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Rahmani, G., O’Sullivan, G.J. Revisiting the Readability of Online Patient Information in Interventional Radiology. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 46, 809–810 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-023-03423-z

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