Creation with a stent of an unrestrictive lasting atrial communication

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 404-407

  Gewillig, Marc ^a   Boshoff, Derize ^a   Mertens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Percutaneous intervention; Stent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TURBULENT FLOW; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON DILATATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036652084     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100013044     Document Type: Article

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