Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects in the oval fossa: Is the method applicable in small children?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 352-356

  Bjørnstad, Per G ^a   Holmstrøm, Henrik ^a   Smevik, Bjarne ^a   Tønnessen, Tor Inge ^a   Fosse, Erik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amplatzer occluder; Interventional catheterisation; Paediatrics; Secundum atrial septal defects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; AGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036653348     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100012956     Document Type: Article

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