The Amplatzer® Membranous VSD Occluder and the vulnerability of the atrioventricular conduction system

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 499-504

  Fischer, Gunther ^a   Apostolopoulou, Sotiria C ^b   Rammos, Spyros ^b   Schneider, Martin B ^c   Bjørnstad, Per G ^d   Kramer, Hans Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^c Deutsches Kinderherzzentrum   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disturbance of cardiac rhythm; Interventional catheterization; Nitinol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 35948992201     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107000984     Document Type: Article

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