Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic guidance during retrieval of an embolized percutaneous atrial septal defect closure device

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 970-972

  Lerakis, Stamatios ^a,b   Babaliaros, Vasilis ^a   Junahadhwalla, Zahid ^a   Williams, Stephen K ^a   Martin, Randolph ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949191620     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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