Transcatheter closure of coronary arterial fistulas using the new Amplatzer® vascular plug

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-287

  Fischer, Gunther ^a   Apostolopoulou, Sotiria C ^b   Rammos, Spyros ^b   Kiaffas, Maria ^b   Kramer, Hans Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congenital coronary arterial anomalies; Interventional technique; Self expanding Nitinol device

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; NITINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249019493     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107000510     Document Type: Article

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