Transcatheter Closure of Double Atrial Septal Defects with a Single Amplatzer Device

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-241

  Szkutnik, Malgorzata ^a   Masura, Jozef ^b   Bialkowski, Jacek ^a   Gavora, Pavol ^b   Banaszak, Pawel ^a   Kusa, Jacek ^a   Zembala, Marian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b University Children's Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Amplatzer atrial septal occluder; Interventions; Multiple defects

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOYS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742270467     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10753     Document Type: Article

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