Closing Hole in the Heart No Better Than Drugs in Preventing Strokes
Friday, March 16, 2012 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center is one of the major enrollers in a landmark clinical trial that found that plugging a hole in the heart works no better than drugs in preventing strokes. The study is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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