Ventricular septal defects are a relatively common congenital cardiac disease that, when severe, can be associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Several minimally invasive methods of repair have been described in the human literature. This report describes the first case of percutaneous
Successful occlusion of a persistent left vertical vein with an Amplatzer Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Occluder
โ Scribed by Albrecht Beitzke; Andreas Gamillscheg; Martin Koestenberger
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1861-0684
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