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VIDEO: PFO closure device 100% effective against future strokes


 

REPORTING FROM ACC 18


The study was supported by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Song had no financial conflicts to disclose. The findings were published simultaneously in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.046).

SOURCE: Song J. ACC 2018.

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