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The WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 28, 2012
Peyton Wall1, Jack E Simmons1, Usman A Hasnie1
1Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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