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Elodie Perdreau1,2,3, Zakaria Jalal1,2,3,4, Matthias Sigler5
1IHU Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, F-33600 Pessac-Bordeaux, France.
Cardiology in the Young
|March 24, 2021
Abstract:
We describe the healing process following transcatheter implantation of the Nit-Occlud ASD-R occluder (PFM medical, Cologne, Germany) for atrial septal defect closure in a sheep model with histological confirmation of neotissue formation covering the device.

