Clinical Outcomes and Costs of Transcatheter as Compared with Surgical Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus
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- 18 November 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (21) , 1517-1523
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199311183292101
Abstract
Transcatheter implantation of the Rashkind PDA occluder is an alternative to conventional surgical closure of isolated patent ductus arteriosus. Neither the clinical outcomes nor the costs of these procedures have been formally compared.Keywords
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