Device used in heart surgery for Afib patients never tested for safety – hsionline.com

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It’s a dangerous heart surgery experiment being performed on thousands of people a year.

 

And none of them are being told about it!

 

If you suffer from atrial fibrillation (Afib), you know you’re at an increased risk for a serious blood clot or stroke. And you may have been told that a medical device called the Lariat — which ties off part of your heart — could save your life.

 

But a top Ivy League researcher is warning that the Lariat procedure has never been proven safe or effective for heart patients.

 

It was approved through an FDA loophole that’s putting us all at risk — and that’s already sent some heart patients to their early graves.

 

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