Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale using the Amplatzer septal occluder to prevent recurrence of neurological decompression illness in divers

Heart

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-261

  Walsh, K P ^a   Wilmshurst, P T ^b   Morrison, W L ^c  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplatzer septal occluder; Decompression illness; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032971315     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.81.3.257     Document Type: Article

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