Surgical vs. drug therapy in patients with patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke.

CONCLUSION: Compared with drug therapy, PFO closure reduced the risk of recurrent stroke among patients with a risk score of ≥2 and reduced the incidence of serious bleeding without increasing the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. PMID: 32394019 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32394019?dopt=Abstract

Source: Herz - May 14, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Herz Source Type: research