Intra-cardiac echocardiography guided trans-septal puncture in patients with dilated left atrium undergoing percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-421

  Liang, Kae Woei ^a,b   Fu, Yun Ching ^a,c   Lee, Wen Lieng ^a,b   Liu, Tsun Jui ^a,b   Wang, Kuo Yang ^a,d   Hsueh, Chung Whei ^a   Lin, I Hsiang ^a   Chen, Ying Tsung ^a,b,d   Ting, Chih Tai ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Cardiovascular Research Center   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dilated left atrium; Intra cardiac echocardiography; Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy; Trans septal puncture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PUNCTURES;

EID: 33947726728     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.05.059     Document Type: Article

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