CATHETER CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT IN GERIATRIC POPULATION (> 70 YEARS OLD)
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Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Geriatric Patients
The prevalence of adults with congenital heart disease is rising in the general population (1). Similarly, the number of geriatric patients with congenital heart disease, such older than 70 years old, is also rising. Furthermore, mortality rates in congenital heart disease have shifted away from the young and towards adults, with a steady increase in age at death. Actually, the mortality of con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(10)62003-7