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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
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Vanishing 'table tennis': a case of active left atrial thrombus
Xiaoling Liu1, Hao Luo1, Xiachuan Qin1,2
1Department of Ultrasound, Nanchong Central Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, North Sichuan Medical College (University), No. 97 Renmin South Road, Shunqin District, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China.
European Heart Journal
|January 31, 2023
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