Successful transcatheter closure of an aorto-left atrial fistula

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 446-450

  El Yaman, Malek M ^a,b   Ammash, Naser M ^a   Espinosa, Raul E ^a   Menon, Shaji C ^a   Cetta, Frank ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplatzer; Aorto left Atrial Fistula; Percutaneous; Transcatheter Device Closure

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTO LEFT ATRIAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 36348952101     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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