The Occlutech Figulla PFO and ASD occluder: a new nitinol wire mesh device for closure of atrial septal defects.

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Published in J Invasive Cardiol on April 01, 2010

Authors

Florian Krizanic1, Horst Sievert, Dietrich Pfeiffer, Thomas Konorza, Markus Ferrari, Ziyad Hijazi, Christian Jung, Alexander Lauten, Hans Reiner Figulla

Author Affiliations

1: Clinic of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Jena, Germany 07740. Florian.Krizanic@med.uni-jena.de

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