Natural history of secundum atrial septal defect revisited in the era of transcatheter closure

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-38

  Saxena, Anita ^a,b   Divekar, Abhay ^a   Soni, Nandini R ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Echocardiography; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND CLOSURE;

FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644366754     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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