Surgical treatment of secundum atrial septal defect in patients older than 50 years

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 428-432

  Donti, A ^a   Bonvicini, M ^a   Placci, A ^a   Prandstraller, D ^a   Gargiulo, G ^a   Bacchi Reggiani, L ^a   Pierangeli, A ^a   Picchio, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; Atrial septal defect; Congenital heart disease; Follow up; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034927349     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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