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Original Scientific Papers

Real-time echocardiography-fluoroscopy fusion imaging for left atrial appendage closure: prime time for fusion imaging?

Shazia Afzala Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Kerstin Piaydaa Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Katharina Hellhammera Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Verena Veulemansa Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Georg Wolffa Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-6177View further author information
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Houtan Heidaria Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Dominique Stüwea Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Dominika Kanschika Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Amin Polzina Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Malte Kelma Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany;b CARID (Cardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf), Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Tobias Zeusa Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1004-1012 | Received 23 Oct 2020, Accepted 23 Dec 2020, Published online: 13 Jan 2021

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