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Left atrial appendage closure using the Watchman device in patients with off-label anatomy: “No man left behind”


- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004 Shaanxi, China
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Title
Left atrial appendage closure using the Watchman device in patients with off-label anatomy: “No man left behind”
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95-96
Published online
2020-02-25
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Cardiol J 2020;27(1):95-96.
Authors
Linying Xia


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