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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] Investors Excited by Device To Close a Heart Defect Nov 10, 2005
    The defect, known as patent foramen ovale - or PFO - is a flap in the wall separating the two upper chambers of the heart that can be pushed open when a person ...
    - New York Times,

    Migraine treatment lifts small company Nov 10, 2005
    The heart defect, a patent foramen ovale, can allow blood to slip into the left chamber and be pumped into the body - including the brain - without first being ...
    - International Herald Tribune,

    Patriots Linebacker's Stroke of Good Fortune Nov 7, 2005
    Clinicians close to the case say that the root of Bruschi's stroke was a patent foramen ovale, the small opening in the atrial septum that is present in fetal ...
    - MedPage Today,

    Sutura to Spin Off New Vascular Suturing Device Company Nov 1, 2005
    ...device is designed for use in the closing procedure during transcatheter management of common atrial septal defects (ASDs) and patent foramen ovale (PFO). ...
    - CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse),

    A heart of gold Nov 9, 2005
    ...or something.'". After her stroke, Torp found out she had a heart condition called patent foramen ovale - a hole in her heart. She ...
    - Utah Statesman (subscription),

    Bye week over, so say hello to Bruschi Oct 30, 2005
    Calf roper Stran Smith, who like Bruschi had a stroke that was caused by a patent foramen ovale, says he knows what Bruschi is going through. ...
    - Boston Globe,

    NMT Medical Announces New Organizational Structure in its European ... Nov 3, 2005
    Executive Officer, said, "Brad and Geoff have been key contributors in helping NMT advance its leadership position in the patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Catheter interventions help to prevent stroke Sep 6, 2005
    Transcatheter occlusion of patent foramen ovale and left atrial appendage eliminate the most important sources for cardiac embolism. ...
    - News-Medical.net

    New AMPLATZER(R) PFO Simulation Training Available at TCT ... Sep 20, 2005
    The AMPLATZER PFO procedure was developed for transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) with the implantable AMPLATZER PFO Occluder. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    NMT Medical Announces IDE Approval to Begin MIST II Pivotal ... Sep 19, 2005
    ...of NMT's proprietary STARFlex(R) implant technology in the treatment and prevention of migraine headaches in patients who have a patent foramen ovale (PFO). ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Herb Greenberg Sep 8, 2005
    ...of red flags!). NMT is currently the purest play among public companies on so-called patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. In a recent ...
    - MarketWatch

    Paradoxical coronary embolism, extensive pulmonary embolism and ... Sep 8, 2005
    ...tibial vein. Echocardiographic examination demonstrated a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and an atrial septal aneurysm. The patient ...
    - HeartZine

    Outcome of lung transplantation for patients requiring concomitant ... Sep 14, 2005
    The cardiac procedures were for patent foramen ovale (n = 18), atrial septal defect (n = 9), ventricular septal defect (n = 2), coronary bypass (n = 4), and ...
    - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Cold feet from adrenal leiomyosarcoma Aug 31, 2005
    ...phaeochromocytoma, coronary angiography and an echocardiogram to assess the patient's fitness for open-heart surgery when a patent foramen ovale was diagnosed ...
    - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

    Patent Foramen Ovale Closure DevicesJul 19, 2005
    13 Similarly, the Patent Foramen Ovale and Cryptogenic Embolism (PC) trial enrolled only 211 of a planned 410 patients in its first 5 years. ...
    - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)

    EU approves drug delivery technology studiesJul 5, 2005
    The BioSTAR PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale) closure technology will become part of an NMT-sponsored study, named BEST (BioSTAR Evaluation Study), which will be the ...
    - in-PharmaTechnologist

    Nasal surgery hope for migraineJul 8, 2005
    His own research has shown that patients with a condition called patent foramen ovale - known colloquially as a hole in the heart - are at greater risk of ...
    - BBC News

    The siphon controversy counterpoint: the brain need not be " ...Jul 12, 2005
    Stendal R, HJG, and Schroder K. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography as a screening technique for detection of a patent foramen ovale before surgery in the ...
    - AJP-Regul Integr Comp Physiology (subscription)

    MIV Therapeutics Successfully Completes Animal Feasibility Studies ...Jul 13, 2005
    ...is present in 1-2% of the adult population and 7-10% of the people above 70); congenital malformations of the heart, such as patent Foramen Ovale (PFO); heart ...
    - Business Wire

    NMT Medical Completes MIST Migraine Study EnrollmentJul 11, 2005
    The data revealed that 60 percent of migraine patients studied had a right to left shunt, the majority of which were a PFO (patent foramen ovale). ...
    - Yahoo News

    NMT Medical Initiates Enrollment in BioSTAR(TM) Clinical StudyJul 7, 2005
    ...study, which recently received regulatory approval, is evaluating the Company's new bioresorbable collagen matrix PFO (patent foramen ovale) closure technology ...
    - Yahoo News

    CORRECTING and REPLACING MIV Therapeutics Successfully Completes ...Jul 13, 2005
    ...present in 1-2% of the adult population and 7-10% of the people above 70); congenital malformations of the heart, such as patent foramen ovale (PFO); heart ...
    - Genetic Engineering News




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