title: Catheter-based atrial shunt occlusion, when the going gets even tougher: editorial comment to use of a straight, side-hole (SSH), delivery sheath for improved delivery of Amplatzer ASD occluder.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional