Articles Tagged With: closures
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PFO Closure Review Shows High Proportion of Off-Label Use
In this retrospective cohort study using administrative data from a U.S. payor source, only 58.6% of patients undergoing patent foramen ovale closure had the procedure done for the approved indication of stroke or systemic embolism. A significant proportion of patients were outside the recommended age range.
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COVID-19 Lockdown Measures May Have Prevented 530 Million Additional Infections
Researchers studied actions taken in six countries and the resulting outcomes.