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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation

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[Total body water and recurrent atrial fibrillation]

M V Menzorov, A M Shutov, V A Serov

    Terapevticheskii Arkhiv
    |March 16, 2012
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