Percutaneous balloon dilatation of the atrial septum: Immediate and midterm results

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 502-506

  Thanopoulos, B D ^a   Georgakopoulos, D ^a   Tsaousis, G S ^a   Simeunovic, S ^b  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

Author keywords

atrial septostomy; balloon dilatation; congenital heart defects; primary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0030462901     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.6.502     Document Type: Article

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