Transcatheter closure of multiple atrial septal defects. Initial results and value of two- and three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 941-947

  Cao, Q L ^a   Radtke, W ^b   Berger, F ^c   Zhu, W ^a   Hijazi, Z M ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplatzer septal occulder; Echocardiography; Multiple atrial septal defects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 0034111412     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1909     Document Type: Article

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