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Watching, but not waiting: vascular neurology perspective on the disparate regulatory pathways for stroke
Vascular neurologists have keenly watched the Watchman device (Atritech, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA) regulatory approval process. We are, as always, searching for additional options in the prevention and treatment of stroke to better care for our patients, and new approaches to the management of atrial fibrillation play a large part in this effort. Recently, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 13:1 in favor of the Watchman device for the prevention of ischemic stroke in non-valvular atrial fibrillation.1 The panelists came to this decision after reviewing data from large randomized trials that compared anticoagu...
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - May 14, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Sheth, S. A., Nogueira, R. G., Noorian, A. R., Liebeskind, D. S. Tags: Editorials Source Type: research