title: Quest for the ideal ASD/PFO closure device continues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School/Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Duraisamy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balaguru
authors.forename: P Syamasundar
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000497:Alloys; D004452:Echocardiography; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D055989:Septal Occluder Device
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol