Early morphological changes of an Amplatzer Septal Occluder explanted at heart transplant

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Ahn, Eric ^a   Luk, Adriana ^a   Mezody, Melitta ^b   Horlick, Eric ^b   Ross, Heather ^b   Butany, Jagdish ^a,c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Cardiomyopathy; Septal occluder

Indexed keywords

DACRON; NITINOL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DYSPNEA; GIANT CELL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBUS;

ALLOYS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GIANT CELLS; HEART FAILURE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 57049174001     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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