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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Meta-analysis shows mixed results for percutaneous PFO closure

If you have one of these your doctor will need to give you all the pros and cons.
http://www.healio.com/cardiology/intervention/news/online/%7B73D4A4E2-5EA2-4E18-A346-84443E75C9B5%7D/Meta-analysis-shows-mixed-results-for-percutaneous-PFO-closure
A meta-analysis has found that percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with cryptogenic stroke is not superior to medical therapy and is associated with an increased incidence of atrial fibrillation. However, there also were signals pointing toward a potential benefit with the therapy.
Researchers of the analysis looked at randomized controlled trials and nonrandomized observational studies through May 2013 that compared percutaneous PFO closure with best medical therapy.

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3 comments:

  1. AmyJune 25, 2013 at 7:15 PM

    I have a PFO. I didn't get it closed. I haven't been convinced that it would make a difference.

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  2. oc1deanJune 26, 2013 at 12:08 AM

    Are you on warfarin or dagibitran?

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    1. AmyJune 26, 2013 at 7:56 AM

      I was on Warfarin for the first 6 months right after,now I just take a baby aspirin everyday, which I think I'm gonna stop soon.

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