The Amplatzer septal occluder

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 493-501

  Walsh, Kevin P ^a   Maadi, Ismail M ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Fontan fenestration; Interventional cardiology; Patent oval foramen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034278078     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008180     Document Type: Article

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