Transesophageal echocardiography–guided closure of electrically isolated left atrial appendage to constrain a rapidly growing thrombus despite anticoagulation and sinus rhythm
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Shaojie Chen MD, FESC
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Correspondence Shaojie Chen and K. R. Julian Chun, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Wilhelm-Epstein Straße 4, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Email: [email protected], [email protected] (SC) and [email protected] (KRJC)
Search for more papers by this authorBoris Schmidt MD, FHRS
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorShota Tohoku MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorLuca Trolese MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorStefano Bordignon MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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K. R. Julian Chun MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Correspondence Shaojie Chen and K. R. Julian Chun, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Wilhelm-Epstein Straße 4, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Email: [email protected], [email protected] (SC) and [email protected] (KRJC)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Shaojie Chen MD, FESC
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Correspondence Shaojie Chen and K. R. Julian Chun, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Wilhelm-Epstein Straße 4, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Email: [email protected], [email protected] (SC) and [email protected] (KRJC)
Search for more papers by this authorBoris Schmidt MD, FHRS
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorShota Tohoku MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorLuca Trolese MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorStefano Bordignon MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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K. R. Julian Chun MD
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Correspondence Shaojie Chen and K. R. Julian Chun, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Wilhelm-Epstein Straße 4, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Email: [email protected], [email protected] (SC) and [email protected] (KRJC)
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