The anatomy of interatrial communications - What does the interventionist need to know?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 464-473

  Martins, José Diogo Ferreira ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Atrial septum; Coronary sinus defect; Ostium primum defect; Oval fossa defect; Sinus venosus defect

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034280475     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008155     Document Type: Article

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