Initial experience in Brazil with the helex septal occluder for percutaneous occlusion of atrial septal defects

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 444-452

  Pedra, Carlos A C ^a,b   Pedra, Simone F ^a   Esteves, César A ^a   Chamiê, Francisco ^a   Ramos, Sérgio ^a   Pontes Jr , Sérgio C ^a   Tress, João Carlos ^a   Braga, Sérgio L N ^a   Latson, Larry A ^a   Fontes, Valmir F ^a  

^a Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia/CARPE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Helex septal occluder; Percutaneous occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HELEX SEPTAL OCCLUDER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 1542367874     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2003001300001     Document Type: Article

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