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Thromboembolic stroke after cardioversion with incomplete left atrial appendage closure

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  1. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany

    Koji Hanazawa, Michele Brunelli & J. Christoph Geller

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Hanazawa, K., Brunelli, M. & Geller, J.C. Thromboembolic stroke after cardioversion with incomplete left atrial appendage closure. Clin Res Cardiol 103, 835–837 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-014-0724-0

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