New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective approach to close congenital patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small ...

Messe SR, Silverman IE, Kizer JR, et al. Practice parameter: recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American ...

Much remains to learn about this anatomical finding, seen in about one-third of adults, and how it may affect stroke risk.

Patients with cryptogenic stroke treated with routine transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure have increased 4-year stroke risk.

Western Health is marking its one year anniversary since it introduced a new procedure that repairs the heart of stroke ...

New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective approach to close congenital patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small hole in the heart) in ...

A patent foramen ovale or PFO is a defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. This defect is actually an incomplete closure of the atrial wall that results in a flap or valve-like ...

ASD: Atrial septal defect; NA: Not assessed; NR: Not reported; PFO: Patent foramen ovale. The following arguments support the hypothesis that paradoxical microembolism may provoke migraine attacks ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an interatrial communication at the level of oval fossa caused by the incomplete or missed fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum after birth. PFO has a ...

a telltale sign that he had a relatively common congenital heart condition known as a patent foramen ovale, which likely ...

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