Treatment of isolated secundum atrial septal defects: Impact of age and defect morphology in 1,013 consecutive patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 706-712

  Butera, Gianfranco ^a   Romagnoli, Enrico ^a   Carminati, Mario ^a   Chessa, Massimo ^a   Piazza, Luciane ^a   Negura, Diana ^a   Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Abella, Raul ^a   Pomè, Giuseppe ^a   Condoluci, Claudia ^b   Frigiola, Alessandro ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53149118912     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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