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Patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect closure
Mladen Pavlovic, MD; Lutz Büllesfeld, MD; Bernhard Meier*, MD
Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defects (ASDs) are both openings in the interatrial septum, but they differ substantially with respect to morphology and functional consequences. Accordingly, although technical tr
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