Secundum atrial septal defects: Time to close them all?

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1120-1122

  Sharp, Andrew ^a   Malik, Iqbal ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 50249145206     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.133264     Document Type: Editorial

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