Transcatheter closure of interatrial communications for secondary prevention of paradoxical embolism: Single-center experience

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2845-2848

  Bruch, Leonhard ^a   Parsi, Anne ^a   Grad, Marc Oliver ^a   Rux, Sascha ^a   Burmeister, Telse ^a   Krebs, Heike ^a   Kleber, Franz Xaver ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Embolism; Heart septal defects; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY EMBOLISM; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 0037129905     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000019069.32964.0E     Document Type: Article

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