Penetration of the interatrial septum: A rare complication of percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 272-275

  Tseng, Chuen Den ^a,b   Hsu, Kwan Lih ^a   Tseng, Yung Zu ^a   Chiang, Fu Tien ^a   Hwang, Juey Jen ^a   Lin, Fang Yue ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aortic penetration; interatrial septal dissection; percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS;

ADULT; AORTA; BALLOON DILATATION; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 0030947508     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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