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Editorial
. 2024 Oct;34(7):434-435.
doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2023.11.007. Epub 2023 Dec 2.

Editorial commentary: Ablation and appendage occlusion for atrial fibrillation: Does it take two to tango?

Xaviar M Jones  1 , Eugenio Cingolani  1
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Editorial

Editorial commentary: Ablation and appendage occlusion for atrial fibrillation: Does it take two to tango?

Xaviar M Jones et al. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2024 Oct.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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