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The WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 28, 2012
Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial free wall
T Wolber1, M Facchini, S Huerlimann
1Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland. thomas@wolber.at
Circulation
|October 24, 2001
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