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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
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Prophylactic surgical left atrial appendage occlusion: More questions than answers!
Jianguo Xu1,2,3, Richard P Whitlock1,2, Emilie P Belley-Cote1,4
1Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
American Heart Journal Plus : Cardiology Research and Practice
|August 21, 2025
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