Experience with transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects using the Amplatzer septal occluder: a single centre study in 236 consecutive patients.

G, Fischer; J, Stieh; A, Uebing; U, Hoffmann; G, Morf; HH, Kramer

doi:10.1136/heart.89.2.199

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Experience with transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects using the Amplatzer septal occluder: a single centre study in 236 consecutive patients.

Published in Heart (British Cardiac Society) • Feb 1, 2003

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Fischer G

Stieh J

Uebing A

Abstract

<h4>Aim</h4>To evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects (ASD) with the Amplatzer septal occluder.<h4>Methods</h4>236 consecutive patients with a significant ASD (age 6 months to 46 years, median 5 years; body weight 6.5-79 kg, median 18 kg) were con...

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