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Left atrial appendage thrombus in a patient with sinus rhythm and left atrial appendage dysfunction

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We thank Dr. Robert A. Levine (Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA) for his productive comments.

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  1. Department of Surgical Pathology, Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Akemi Nakazono & Masaaki Takeuchi

  2. Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan

    Yasushi Oginosawa, Taichi Watabe, Shinjo Sonoda, Shota Fukuda & Yutaka Otsuji

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Akemi Nakazono, Taichi Watabe, Shinjo Sonoda and Shota Fukuda declare that they have no conflict of interest. Yasushi Oginosawa has received research grants from MSD. Masaaki Takeuch has received honoraria from Philips, GE, Takeda, and Teijin as well as research grants from Philips. Yutaka Otsuji has received honoraria from Philips as well as research grants from Diichi Sankyo.

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Nakazono, A., Oginosawa, Y., Takeuchi, M. et al. Left atrial appendage thrombus in a patient with sinus rhythm and left atrial appendage dysfunction. J Echocardiogr 13, 157–158 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-015-0262-4

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