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Author(s): Joelle Kefer Added: 3 years ago
Atrial septal abnormalities are common congenital lesions remaining asymptomatic until adulthood in a great number of patients. The most frequent atrial septal defects in adults are ostium secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO), both approachable by transcatheter closure using device implantation. The first non-surgical ASD closure was performed in 1975 by Mills and… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Personal History Dr Mullen is a consultant cardiologist based in London, UK. Academic History Dr. Mullen completed his higher cardiology training in Sheffield, London and Toronto, Canada. He holds an MB BS from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and graduated with his MD from the University of London in 2001.1 Career Overview Dr Mullen is a consultant cardiologist with… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Colum Owens, MBBCH is a Consultant Cardiologist at Belfast Health & Social Care Trust. His research interests are Cardiology, Transcatheter Valve Intervention, Patent Foramen Ovale, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, Congenital Heart Disease. View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Director, Structural Heart Disease of Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Structural and Congenital Heart Disease, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute – North Shore/LIJ Health System, New York, US. Dr Chad A Kliger serves as Associate Editor for US Cardiology Review. View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Director
Dr Claudio Tondo is the Chairman of the Heart Rhythm centre at Centro Cardiologico, University of Milan, Italy. Dr Tondo's interests range from clinical aspects of arrhythmias to genetics. View more
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Author(s): Simon Kennon Added: 3 years ago
The key aim of this journal is to provide up to date and detailed review of data relating to problems commonly encountered by cardiologists. This issue of Interventional Cardiology Review deals with a wide spectrum of such problems. There are four articles that relate to our concerns about thrombus and bleeding in the context of coronary intervention. The effect of bleeding on outcomes following… View more
Author(s): Nina Wunderlich , Jennifer Franke , Neil Wilson , et al Added: 3 years ago
Imaging guidance is of major importance for successful outcomes in the interventional treatment of structural, congenital and valvular heart disease. Cardiac transcatheter treatment of these diseases is a rapidly growing field and, as a result, there has been substantial progress in image-guidance technology. During interventions, the major imaging focus is currently on echocardiography, which… View more