Is surgical closure of atrial septal defect diagnosed in adulthood always beneficial?;Il paziente con difetto interatriale riconosciuto in adulta deve essere sempre operato?

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1302-1307

  Favilli, Silvia ^b   Zuppiroli, Alfredo ^a   Mori, Fabio ^a   Santoro, Gennaro ^a   Manetti, Adriano ^b   Dolara, Alberto ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult age; Atrial septal defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032746281     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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