Advances in Interventional Cardiology
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Transcatheter closure of interatrial communication using the Cocoon occluder in patients with confirmed nickel hypersensitivity: a long-term observational study

Danuta Sorysz
1
,
Kinga Glądys
2
,
Michał Węgiel
3
,
Stanisław Bartuś
1

  1. Second Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
  2. Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
  3. Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Interventions, University Hospital, Krakow, Poland
Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 1 (83): 137–140
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160010
Online publish date: 2026/03/09
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