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Editorial
. 2017 Mar;5(6):141.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.02.17.

Incomplete surgical ligation of the left atrial appendage-time for a new look at an old problem

Arash Aryana  1 , Rohit Bhaskar  1
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Editorial

Incomplete surgical ligation of the left atrial appendage-time for a new look at an old problem

Arash Aryana et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Mar.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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