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Review
. 2020 Feb 1;47(1):60-62.
doi: 10.14503/THIJ-19-7061. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Payam Safavi-Naeini, Abdi Rasekh
Review

Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Payam Safavi-Naeini et al. Tex Heart Inst J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial appendage/physiopathology/surgery; atrial fibrillation/therapy; catheter ablation/instrumentation/methods; electrophysiologic techniques, cardiac; prosthesis implantation/methods; pulmonary veins/surgery; recurrence; treatment outcome.

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