Catheter Closure of Congenital/Acquired Muscular VSDs and Perimembranous VSDs Using the Amplatzer Devices

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 399-407

  Thanopoulos, Basil D ^a,b   Karanassios, Evangelos ^a   Tsaousis, George ^a   Papadopoulos, George S ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMPLATZER DEVICE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142248133     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8183.2003.01007.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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