Transthoracic echocardiography guidance of transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 992-994

  Zaqout, Mahmoud ^a   Suys, Bert ^a   De Wilde, Hans ^a   De Wolf, Daniel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Children; Intracardiac echocardiography; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPTAL OCCLUDER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 75349104327     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9456-8     Document Type: Article

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