Diverse experience with the CardioSEAL® and STARFlex® septal occluders

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-372

  Apostolopoulou, Sotiria C ^a   Laskari, Cleo V ^a   Kiaffas, Maria ^a   Papagiannis, John ^a   Rammos, Spyridon ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Occlusion; Transcatheter intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20544466422     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951104004032     Document Type: Article

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