AN UNPRECEDENTED CASE OF LATE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS INVOLVING THE HELEX SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE
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Late Bacterial Endocarditis and Abscess Formation After Implantation of an Amplatzer Septal Occluder Device.
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to compare the safety and efficacy of the HELEX septal occluder (HSO) with surgical repair of atrial septal defect (ASD). BACKGROUND The HSO is a low-profile, double-disk occluder device for percutaneous closure of secundum ASD. METHODS Patients were enrolled (HSO arm prospectively, surgery arm prospectively/retrospectively) from 14 U.S. sites and followed up fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)31127-5