Transcatheter closure of congenital ventricular septal defects: Results of the European Registry

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2361-2368

  Carminati, Mario ^a   Butera, Gianfranco ^a   Chessa, Massimo ^a   De Giovanni, Joseph ^b   Fisher, Gunter ^c   Gewillig, Marc ^d   Peuster, Mathias ^e   Piechaud, Jean Francois ^f   Santoro, Giuseppe ^g   Sievert, Horst ^h   Spadoni, Isabella ⁱ   Walsh, Kevin ^j  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Departement of Pediatric Cardiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f Institut Jacques Cartier   (France)

^g MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER FRANKFURT   (Germany)

ⁱ G PASQUINUCCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Transcatheter; Treatment; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER; CHILD; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148843810     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm314     Document Type: Article

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