Do patients over 40 years of age benefit from closure of an atrial septal defect?

Heart

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-250

  Webb, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0034756478     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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5. Natural history of secundum atrial septal defect in adults after medical or surgical treatment: A historical prospective study
6. A comparison of surgical and medical therapy for atrial septal defects in adults
7. Atrial septal defects in patients over 40 years of age: Effect of surgical repair on the long-term clinical course
8. Atrial septal defects in adults: Cardiorespiratory exercise capacity before and 4 months and 10 years after defect closure
9. Incidence of atrial flutter/fibrillation in adults with atrial septal defect before and after surgery
10. Atrial arrhythmia and surgical closure of atrial septal defects in adults