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Transcatheter closure of a large fistula between the right pulmonary artery and left atrium

Use of a muscular ventricular septal occluder

Transkatheterverschluss einer großen Fistel zwischen rechter Pulmonalarterie und linkem Vorhof

Verwendung eines Okklusionssystems für das muskuläre Ventrikelseptum

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Ding, X., Xu, X., Liu, S. et al. Transcatheter closure of a large fistula between the right pulmonary artery and left atrium. Herz 39, 890–892 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3929-5

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