Bedside balloon atrial septostomy is safe, efficacious, and cost-effective compared with septostomy performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 613-615

  Zellers, Thomas M ^a,c   Dixon, Keith ^b   Moake, Lindy ^b   Wright, Janis ^b   Ramaciotti, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MC 9063 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALLOON ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS;

EID: 0036499047     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02309-8     Document Type: Article

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