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Bilateral atrial appendage thrombus formation in a patient with atrial fibrillation

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    Ayano Enzan, Koichiro Imai, Teruyoshi Kume, Tomoko Tamada, Kikuko Obase, Ryotaro Yamada, Yoji Neishi & Shiro Uemura

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Enzan, A., Imai, K., Kume, T. et al. Bilateral atrial appendage thrombus formation in a patient with atrial fibrillation. J Echocardiogr 13, 153–156 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-015-0258-0

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