Laceration of atrial septum during balloon sizing of atrial septal defect

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-90

  Sivasankaran, S ^a   Harikrishnan, S ^a   Narayanan, Namboodiri ^a   Jaganmohan, Tharakan ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM LACERATION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; LACERATIONS;

EID: 33846275008     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.10.007     Document Type: Letter

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