Closure versus medical therapy for preventing recurrent stroke in patients with patent foramen ovale and a history of cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack.

CONCLUSIONS: The combined data from recent RCTs have shown no statistically significant differences between TDC and medical therapy in the prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke. TDC closure was associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation but not with serious adverse events. PMID: 26346232 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - September 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Li J, Liu J, Liu M, Zhang S, Hao Z, Zhang J, Zhang C Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research