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Question:
Can PFO closures be done successfully in diabetics?
New procedure for plugging a hole in the heart without major surgery or long recovery -- can this be advisable to person of age 60 and diabetic? Please suggest as different doctors have different opinions.
submitted by Vilas from India on 11/5/2013
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Roberto Lufschanowski, MD
Dear Vilas: There are contraindications for the procedure, but diabetes and age are not among them.
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Updated November 2013
