Echocardiographic guidance of catheter-based treatments of atrial septal defect: Transesophageal echocardiography remains the gold standard

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-134

  Kleinman, C S ^a,b,c,d  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Internal Medicine New York Presbyterian   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD device closure; Catheter based ASD closure; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VALVE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; SAFETY;

EID: 27144551957     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-004-0957-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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