Transesophageal Echocardiography for Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defects. Case Selection, Planning, and Procedural Guidance

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1238-1242

  Vaidyanathan, Balu ^a   Simpson, John M ^b   Kumar, Raman Krishna ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY SINUS; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGING; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 70349773235     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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