Characteristics of adult patients with atrial septal defects presenting with paradoxical embolism

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1066-1069

  Bannan, Amr ^a   Shen, Rhuna ^a   Silvestry, Frank E ^a   Herrmann, Howard C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Congenital heart disease in adults (CHDA); Embolization (EMBO); Patent foramen ovale (PFO)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249096974     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22170     Document Type: Article

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