Outcome for patients with isolated atrial septal defects in the oval fossa diagnosed in infancy

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Demir, Tevfik ^a   Öztunç, Funda ^b   Eroĝlu, Ayşe Güler ^b   Saltik, Levent ^b   Ahunbay, Gülay ^b   Kutluĝ, Şeyhan ^b   Güzeltaş, Alper ^b   Altun, Gürkan ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atrial septal defect; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38949110949     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107001692     Document Type: Article

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