“The Street” is certainly on the pulse of PFO as you may already be aware. They were first to report. But what does it mean?? Be careful not to just follow St. Jude stock today. Here’s the early MarketWatch Report: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/st-jude-medical-respect-trial-for-pfo-closure-provides-clinical-evidence-of-risk-reduction-in-prevention-of-recurrent-cryptogenic-stroke-2012-10-25
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PFO Patients, be cautious what to EXPECT from RESPECT Clinical Trial
The PFO chatter around TCT may indeed be a bit more popular this week than in previous years, but RESPECT will only get PFO closure back to “base camp” at best if the results show promise. -DP Dansereau, Know-Stroke.org I am remided of the “base camp” reference made for PFO closure that stuck in my …
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PFO Patients Still Not getting RESPECT
While the medical community sits quietly waiting to hear the results of the RESPECT clinical trial data, PFO patients suffer from the ongoing uncertainty of this PFO paradox.-DP Dansereau know-stroke.org I was about to start my day this morning when I took a call from a stroke survivor who was trying to understand why her …