[HTML][HTML] Patent foramen ovale closure versus medical therapy for stroke prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

JCL Lai, G Tse, WKK Wu, M Gong, G Bazoukis… - …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Previous randomized trials on patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure versus
medical therapy for stroke prevention were inconclusive. Recently, two new randomized …

Response by Ntaios et al to Letter Regarding Article,“Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale Versus Medical Therapy in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke or Transient …

G Ntaios, T Steiner, P Michel - Stroke, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
We agree that separate analyses of patients according to the size of the shunt, the age of the
patient, the presence of atrial septal aneurysm, the completeness of patent foramen ovale …