Preliminary experience with a new 18 mm Amplatzer PFO occluder for small persistent foramen ovale

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 518-521

  Ewert, Peter ^a   Kretschmar, Oliver ^a   Peters, Bjoern ^a   Nuernberg, Jan H ^a   Khaliq, Hashim Abdul ^a   Nagdyman, Nicole ^a   Lange, Peter E ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Persistent foramen ovale; Transcatheter closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; EROSION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFORATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042165845     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10577     Document Type: Article

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