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Figure 2 Pulsed Doppler tracing of the left atrial appendage (LAA) obtained by transesophageal echocardiography in atrial fibrillation showing high peak emptying flow velocity signals in a patient who preserved the sinus rhythm for one year. The mean LAA flow peak anterograde velocity was 52 cm/s.
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