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Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: impact of device design on safety and efficacy
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- Published on: 23 November 2015
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Dear Editor
Schwerzmann et al.[1] report a comparison of 2 PFO closure devices, the Amplatzer and the PFO Star, and concluded that the Amplatzer device was superior. Even if the data are of some interest, I see some major limitations of this trial, making the conclusions of little value in the daily practice.
First, it is a non-randomized trial. In addition the PFO star device used in this comp...
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