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Pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation when in proximity to LAA AtriClip: the LAA-Clip does not inhibit the pulse

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  1. Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Ramin Ebrahimi, Julian K. R. Chun, Boris Schmidt & Shaojie Chen

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Ebrahimi, R., Chun, J.K.R., Schmidt, B. et al. Pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation when in proximity to LAA AtriClip: the LAA-Clip does not inhibit the pulse. J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-024-01735-9

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