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Performing transcatheter left atrial appendage closure: Techniques and challenges

Ammar M Killu¹, Mohamad A Alkhouli¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

|August 9, 2022

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Anticoagulation Appendage Atrial fibrillation Stroke Transseptal

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