Device closure of secundum atrial septal defect's and the risk of cardiac erosion

Cardiac erosion related to transcatheter atrial septal defect closure devices is of increasing concern. Erosion is reported to have occurred with most of currently available occluder devices. Perhaps due to the very large number of implants worldwide, the Amplatzer (St Jude) occluder is associated w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomson, J D R, Qureshi, S A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica Ltd 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676437/