Doctors test heart implant to block strokes from atrial fibrillation - Americas - International Herald Tribune
Dwayne Jenkings  |  by www.iht.com. All rights reserved. 22.12 | 18:21

WASHINGTON: Every year at least 120,000 Americans and several million outside the United States suffer strokes because of a common irregular heartbeat, one that is on the ascendancy, is hard to treat and can shoot deadly blood clots straight to the brain.
Now doctors are experimenting with a new way to prevent those brain attacks: a tiny device that seals off a little section of the jiggling heart where the clots form.

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