Geography or pathology? Regional variation in atrial septal defect closure rates and techniques

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-584

  Walker, Wendy L ^a   Karamlou, Tara ^b   Diggs, Brian S ^a   Ehieli, Eric I ^c   Caddell, Kirk A ^a   De La Cruz, J S ^a   Welke, Karl F ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Multicare Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; percutaneous; septal defect; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FLORIDA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856362455     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951111000618     Document Type: Article

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