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New way to treat strokes is a ‘game-changer,’ docs say

MBR | Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:00 am

Robert Lee Burns, 73, of Clay Township, pictured March 29, 2012, suffered from a stroke earlier in the week and received a procedure at St. John's Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, that saved his life. The Solitaire flow-restoration device, which gained federal approval last month, is used in the brains of stroke patients much like an artery-opening angioplasty procedure for heart blockages. (Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free Press/MCT)

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