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Possible spontaneous PFO closure after thrombus trapped in PFO

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  1. Charité University Medicine Berlin, Unter den Linden 21, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Antonia Schulz, Telse Hauschild & Franz X. Kleber

  2. Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany

    Telse Hauschild

  3. Cardio Centrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Franz X. Kleber

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Schulz, A., Hauschild, T. & Kleber, F.X. Possible spontaneous PFO closure after thrombus trapped in PFO. Clin Res Cardiol 103, 333–335 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0655-1

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