Transcatheter atrial septal defect closure assisted by intracardiac echocardiography: 3-Year follow-up

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-98

  Zanchetta, Mario ^a,c   Rigatelli, Gianluca ^a   Pedon, Luigi ^a   Zennaro, Marco ^a   Carrozza, Antonio ^a   Onorato, Eustaquio ^b   Maiolino, Pietro ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Italy)

^b Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

^c Riva Ospedale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442494899     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2004.09874.x     Document Type: Article

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