Transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects in the elderly: Technical considerations and short-term outcomes

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-210

  Swan, L ^a,c   Varma, C ^a   Yip, J ^a   Warr, M ^a   Webb, G ^a   Benson, L ^b   McLaughlin, P ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Atrial septal defect; Device closure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; COMORBIDITY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 30444453667     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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