Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Without Echocardiographic Control: Use of "Standby" Intracardiac Ultrasound

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-391

  Hildick Smith, David ^a   Behan, Miles ^a   Haworth, Peter ^a   Rana, Bushra ^b   Thomas, Martyn ^b  

^a Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

intracardiac echocardiography; patent foramen ovale closure; percutaneous closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 49449084107     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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