Predictors of spontaneous closure of isolated secundum atrial septal defect in children: A longitudinal study

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1560-1565

  Hanslik, Andreas ^a   Pospisilb, Ulrich ^b   Salzer Muhar, Ulrike ^a   Greber Platzer, Susanne ^a   Male, Christoph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Congenital heart disease; Natural course; Spontaneous closure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCREENING TEST; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750129890     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3037     Document Type: Article

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