Transcatheter closure of very large (≥ 25 mm) atrial septal defects using the amplatzer septal occluder

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 522-527

  Jawahar Kannan, Bhava Ramalingam ^a   Francis, Edwin ^a   Sivakumar, Kothandam ^a   Anil, Sivadasan Radha ^a   Kumar, Raman Krishna ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Catheter interventions; Congenital heart disease

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY VEIN; SAFETY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043167799     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10575     Document Type: Article

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