CardioSEAL/STARflex versus Amplatzer devices for percutaneous closure of small to moderate (up to 18 mm) atrial septal defects

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-510

  Butera, Gianfranco ^a   Carminati, Mario ^a   Chessa, Massimo ^a   Delogu, Angelica ^a   Drago, Manuela ^a   Piazza, Luciane ^a   Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Frigiola, Alessandro ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644367094     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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