Clinical evaluation of a novel occluder device (Occlutech®) for percutaneous transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO)

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 872-877

  Krizanic, Florian ^a   Sievert, Horst ^b,e   Pfeiffer, Dietrich ^c   Konorza, Thomas ^d   Ferrari, Markus ^a   Figulla, Hans Reiner ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Cardiovascular Center   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Device; Paradoxical embolism; PFO

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; STENOSIS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; ASPIRIN; BALLOON OCCLUSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TICLOPIDINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649093941     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-008-0699-9     Document Type: Article

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