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Transcatheter closure of a ventricular septal defect adjacent to a post infarction aneurysm using an atrial septal defect occluder

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Kerpenerstraße 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Uta C. Hoppe MD

  2. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Mathias Emmel & Narayanswami Sreeram

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Hoppe, U.C., Emmel, M. & Sreeram, N. Transcatheter closure of a ventricular septal defect adjacent to a post infarction aneurysm using an atrial septal defect occluder. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 275–277 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-009-0758-x

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