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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
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Emergency thromboembolectomy for a massive saddle embolism crossing an atrial septal defect
Matthew A Warner1, Noman E Torres2, Seri A Carney3
1Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. warner.matthew@mayo.edu.
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