Reliability of transthoracic echocardiography in estimating the size of Amplatzer septal occluder and guiding percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 973-976

  Li, Gui Shuang ^a   Kong, Guang Ming ^a   Ji, Qiu Shang ^a   Li, Ji Fu ^a   Chen, Yu Guo ^b   You, Bei An ^b   Zhang, Yun ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amplatzer; Atrial septal defect; Congenital heart disease; Septal occluder; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLATZER SEPTAL OCCLUDER; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHILD; CLIP; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BALLOON OCCLUSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 50549086874     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200806010-00003     Document Type: Article

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