Characteristics of the interatrial communication in patients undergoing transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects for cryptogenic stroke

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 814-817

  Lucas, Jon F ^a   Radtke, Wolfgang A K ^a   Bandisode, Varsha M ^a   Fairbrother, David L ^a   Shirali, Girish S ^a  

^a Children's Heart Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Paradoxical embolus; Patent foramen ovale; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOGENIC ISCHEMIC STROKE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRETCHABILITY INDEX; STROKE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646227194     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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