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Randomized clinical trial comparing percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) using the Amplatzer PFO Occluder with medical treatment in patients with cryptogenic embolism (PC-Trial):rationale and design

✍ Scribed by Ahmed A Khattab; Stephan Windecker; Peter Jüni; David Hildick-Smith; Dariusz Dudek; Henning R Andersen; Reda Ibrahim; Gerhard Schuler; Antony S Walton; Andreas Wahl; Heinrich P Mattle; Bernhard Meier

Book ID: 119909620
Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 288 KB
Volume: 12
Category: Article
ISSN: 1468-6708
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-56

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## Abstract Closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been proposed as an alternative to anticoagulation in patients with presumed paradoxical emboli. We report the immediate and mid‐term results of the phase 1 U.S. Multicenter Clinical Trial of patients who underwent transcatheter PFO closure for