Discussion on CardioExchange: PFO Occluder Devices Don't Get No RESPECT

Discussion on CardioExchange: PFO Occluder Devices Don't Get No RESPECT

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David Hillis invokes Rodney Dangerfield in considering the findings of a recent trial of a PFO closure device. After all the slicing and dicing of these data, should the PFO occluder device get any respect? Read it and let us know what you think.

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Published in Journal Watch Cardiology November 21, 2012

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