Transcatheter closure of patent arterial duct with amplatzer duct occluder II additional sizes in children.

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  • Nikolaos G Eleftherakis
  • Athina Vekiou
چکیده

Amplatzer duct occluder II additional sizes is a new generation of device for arterial duct closure, appropriate for infants and older children. We report the successful transcatheter closure of the arterial duct in an infant and two older children with the above-mentioned device.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of invasive cardiology

دوره 25 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013