Transcatheter closure of single muscular ventricular septal defects using the Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder: Initial results and technical considerations

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Hijazi, Ziyad M ^a,e   Hakim, Fakhri ^b   Al Fadley, Fadel ^c   Abdelhamid, Jasim ^d   Cao, Qi Ling ^f  

^a Pritzker School of Medicine   (United States)

^b King Hussein Medical Center Queen Alia Heart institute   (Jordan)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d PRINCE SULTAN CARDIAC CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Amplatzer; Catheter therapy; VSD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033978566     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200002)49:2<167::AID-CCD11>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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