Masked left ventricular restriction in elderly patients with atrial septal defects: A contraindication for closure?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-180

  Ewert, Peter ^a   Berger, Felix ^a   Nagdyman, Nicole ^a   Kretschmar, Oliver ^a   Dittrich, Sven ^a   Abdul Khaliq, Hashim ^a   Lange, Peter E ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Balloon sizing; Left ventricular diastolic function; Restrictive left ventricular filling; Transcatheter closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035141339     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-726X(200102)52:2<177::AID-CCD1043>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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