Tedy Bruschi, Former Professional Football Player, in a New Video Raises Awareness for AGA Medical Corporation's PFO/Stroke Clinical Trial

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AGA Medical Corporation and Tedy Bruschi, a recently retired professional football player, today launched a Web-based stroke education and awareness video, emphasizing the importance of gathering scientific data through clinical trials. In the video, Bruschi – who suffered a stroke in 2005, subsequently recovered and returned to his career – describes the AGA Medical-sponsored RESPECT clinical trial. The RESPECT trial is investigating whether closure of the Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), a congenital heart defect, using an AGA Medical device is safe and effective compared to current standard of care treatment in the prevention of a cryptogenic stroke. A cryptogenic stroke is one for which the origin or cause of stroke is unknown.

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