Surgical repair for atrial septal defect in patients over 70 years of age

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 677-684

  Miyaji, Kagami ^a   Furuse, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Osamu ^a   Kubota, Hiroshi ^a   Ono, Minoru ^a   Kawauchi, Motohiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Pulmonary vascular disease; Tricuspid annuloplasty; Tricuspid valve regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0030759139     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.38.677     Document Type: Article

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