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Editorial
. 2022 Apr 5;11(7):e024963.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.024963. Epub 2022 Mar 30.

What Is Blocking Transcatheter Ventricular Septal Defect Closure?

Shabana Shahanavaz  1 , David S Winlaw  2 , Alexander R Opotowsky  1
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Editorial

What Is Blocking Transcatheter Ventricular Septal Defect Closure?

Shabana Shahanavaz et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
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Keywords: Amplatzer Duct Occluder II device; Editorials; complete left bundle‐branch block; perimembranous ventricular septal defect; transcatheter closure.

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