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.
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Job title: Cardiologist
Dr Junya Ako is a Cardiologist at theKitasato University and Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include spontaneous coronary artery dissection, and hypertension. He has published over 579 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
DrJunya Ako is a deputy editor of theJournal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology,published by Radcliffe Cardiology on behalf of the Asian Pacific Society…
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Dr. Sing-Chien Yap is an academic cardiologist-electrophysiologist in the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam (NL). His main areas of focus are catheter ablation, cardiac device therapy and lead extraction. His research included arrhythmia management in adults with congenital heart disease with special emphasis on devices and catheter ablation.
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Author(s):
William E Hellenbrand
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3 years ago
Interventional Techniques to Treat Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital heart disease has been traditionally treated with surgery; however, with the development of interventional cardiology, patients are now benefiting from minimally invasive techniques.
Traditionally, open-heart surgery was performed to treat congenital stenoses and perform device closures for septal defects and other vascular…
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