Incidence and clinical significance of interatrial shunting in patients with atrial septal aneurysm detected by contrast transesophageal echocardiography

Angiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 745-753

  Zhao, Bo Wen ^b   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^a   Xian, Tang Chao ^b   Matsuo, Hirohide ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032881865     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000908     Document Type: Article

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