Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 140-142 , April 2009

Single Centre Experience with GORE-HELEX Septal Occluder for Closure of PFO

Received 4 July 2007 ,Revised 7 November 2007 ,Accepted 21 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.11.141

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 140-142 , April 2009