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FDA Approves New Device for Prevention of Recurrent Strokes in Certain Patients

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Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2016.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Amplatzer PFO Occluder device. The PFO Occluder reduces the risk of a stroke in patients who previously had a stroke believed to be caused by a blood clot that passed through a small hole in the heart, called a patent foramen ovale (PFO), and then traveled to the brain.

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“The Amplatzer PFO Occluder provides a non-surgical method for doctors to close…

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