Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 384-387 , December 2009

Early Experience with a Simplified Technique for Transcatheter Closure of the Patent Foramen Ovale

  • Shelby Kutty, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Nebraska/Creighton University Joint Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital and Medical center, Omaha, NE, United States
    • ,
  • David G. Nykanen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, The Congenital Heart Institute at Miami Children's Hospital and Arnold Palmer Hospital, Miami and Orlando, FL, United States
    • ,
  • Evan M. Zahn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, The Congenital Heart Institute at Miami Children's Hospital and Arnold Palmer Hospital, Miami and Orlando, FL, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Miami Children's Hospital, 3100 SW 62nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33155, United States.

Received 23 August 2008 ,Revised 5 June 2009 ,Accepted 24 August 2009.

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PII: S1443-9506(09)01038-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.08.005

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 384-387 , December 2009

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