## Abstract ## Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) in elderly patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. ## Background: Little is known about the feasibility of device closure of ASD in those patients. #
Aortic dissection in an elderly patient with atrial septal defect
β Scribed by Yasushi Terada; Yusuke Fujii; Toshio Mitsui; Naotaka Atsumi; Shinji Akishima; Masaharu Inagaki
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- Japanese
- Weight
- 453 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1863-6705
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