Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial
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Masura, Jozef ;Gavora, Pavol ;Formanek, Augustin ;Hijazi, Ziyad M.
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) using clamshell or buttoned devices is accompanied by a high incidence of residual shunt. Recently, a new selfcentering device, the Amplatzer septal occluder (ASO), has been evaluated in an animal model with very good results. Therefore, o