Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects under echocardiographic guidance without X-ray: Initial experiences

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-140

  Ewert, Peter ^a   Daehnert, Ingo ^a   Berger, Felix ^a   Kaestner, Andreas ^a   Krings, Gregor ^a   Vogel, Michael ^a   Lange, Peter E ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Interventional cardiology; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0033091340     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008349     Document Type: Article

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