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The WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 28, 2012
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Peridevice leak: Achilles' heel of left atrial appendage occlusion?
Mehmet Cilingiroglu1, Ibrahim Inanc2
1UTHSCSA, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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