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In our health care system, we strive to provide the right patients with the right care at the right time. The charter of the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care states: “By the year 2020, 90% of clinical decisions will be supported by accurate, timely, and up-to-date clinical information, and will reflect the best available evidence.”1 The optimal management of patients with ischemic stroke and a patent foramen ovale (PFO) remains unclear, although we applaud the novel analytic approach from the Tufts-based international consortium.2
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