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In some cases, the PFO, isn’t so severe that it requires immediate treatment. PFOs start in everyone when babies develop in utero when there is an opening between the upper chambers of their hearts.

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Ms. Wuensch: Next year, t hey're launching three new products - their Portico transcatheter heart valve, their left atrial appendage device and then a device for PFO closure.

Ms. Wuensch: Next year, t hey're launching three new products - their Portico transcatheter heart valve, their left atrial appendage device and then a device for PFO closure.

This means that one-quarter of the adult population has a patent foramen ovale. The opening in a PFO is not a completely open tunnel. It has a flap over it.

Ms. Wuensch: Next year, t hey're launching three new products - their Portico transcatheter heart valve, their left atrial appendage device and then a device for PFO closure.