Transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect [1]

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 867-

  Dumitrescu, Anita ^a   Lane, Geoffrey K ^a   Wilkinson, James L ^a   Goh, T H ^a   Penny, Daniel J ^a   Davis, Andrew M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; HEART BLOCK; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 34347212872     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.119461     Document Type: Letter

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