International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 33-41 , 1 May 2009

Long term follow up after percutaneous closure of PFO in 357 patients with paradoxical embolism: Difference in occlusion systems and influence of atrial septum aneurysm

  • Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Claudia Richter

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Julia Otto

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Ludmilla Himmrich

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Renate Schnabel

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Christoph Kampmann

      Affiliations

    • Department for Pediatrics Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Rupprecht

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Health and Care Center Rüsselsheim, Germany
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  • Jürgen Marx

      Affiliations

    • Department for Neurology Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Gerhard Hommel

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Thomas Münzel

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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  • Georg Horstick

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, II Medizinische Klinik, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany. Tel.: +49 173-6896497; fax: +49 6131 17 6692.

Received 21 June 2007 ,Revised 6 February 2008 ,Accepted 27 February 2008.

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PII: S0167-5273(08)00465-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.02.031

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 33-41 , 1 May 2009

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