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Metadata
Title
Left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk of fall: a clinical dilemma or a budgetary issue?
Authors
Giuseppe D’Ancona
Erdal Safak
Hüseyin Ince
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 12/2019
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-019-01476-0

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