Comparison of Three Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Devices in a Randomized Trial (Amplatzer Versus CardioSEAL-STARflex Versus Helex Occluder)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1353-1358

  Taaffe, Margaret ^a   Fischer, Evelyn ^a   Baranowski, Andreas ^a   Majunke, Nicolas ^a   Heinisch, Corinna ^a   Leetz, Michaela ^a   Hein, Ralph ^a   Bayard, Yves ^a   Büscheck, Franziska ^a   Reschke, Madlen ^a   Hoffmann, Ilona ^a   Wunderlich, Nina ^a   Wilson, Neil ^a   Sievert, Horst ^a,b  

^a Cardiovascular Center   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBUS;

ALLOYS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049094014     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.12.040     Document Type: Article

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