Percutaneous atrial septal defect closure: Pushing the envelope but pushing it gently. Editorial comment

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-399

  Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BALLOON DILATATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644485634     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20509     Document Type: Note

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