Catheter-based closure of atrial septal defects in the oval fossa with the Amplatzer® device in patients in their first or second year of life

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 949-955

  Fischer, G ^a   Smevik, B ^b   Kramer, H H ^a   Bjornstad P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Infants; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLIP; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249150555     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21866     Document Type: Article

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