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Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects demands co-operation between the interventionist and the echocardiographer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Per. G Bjørnstad*
Affiliation:
Rikshospitalet, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
*
Per G. Bjørnstad, MD, Paediatric Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital, Green Lane, Auckland, New Zealand. Tel: 64 9 630 9944; Fax: 64 9 631 0785; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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