Retrograde Wire-Assisted Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of Persistent Ductus Arteriosus with Amplatzer Duct Occluder in the Elderly: A New Application

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 264-267

  Hsin, Ho Tsung ^a   Lin, Lung Chun ^b   Hwang, Juey Jen ^b   Ho, Shinn Ge ^b   Tseng, Chuen Den ^b   Chiang, Fu Tein ^b  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amplatzer duct occluder; Elderly; Patent ductus arteriosus; Retrograde; Transcatheter closure; Wire assisted

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0742287893     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10762     Document Type: Article

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