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Figure 3 A short transesophageal view of small mobile left-sided thrombi on a StarFLEX occluder. During surgery, the absence of the left-sided thrombi but detection of a right-sided thrombus (8 mm) not diagnosed before was removed together with the device. AO = aorta; LA = left atrium; RA = right atrium.