Transesophageal echocardiography for thrombus screening prior to left atrial catheter ablation.

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Published in Circ J on April 20, 2010

Authors

Eiji Yamashita1, Hiroto Takamatsu, Hiroshi Tada, Hiroyuki Toide, Hiroki Okaniwa, Naoki Takemura, Takehito Sasaki, Yuko Miki, Etsuko Fuke, Tatsuya Hayashi, Tamotsu Sakamoto, Koki Nakamura, Rie Fukazawa, Chizuru Sato, Koji Goto, Kenichi Kaseno, Koji Kumagai, Shigeto Naito, Hiroshi Hoshizaki, Shigeru Oshima

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Japan. yamashita-e@cvc.pref.gunma.jp

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