Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure reduced the risk for recurrent ischemic stroke in most young and middle-aged adults with cryptogenic stroke but increased the risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) in a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new classification system accurately predicted which patients with ischemic stroke of unknown original might ...

ATLANTA -- Scenarios for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure not covered by the pivotal trials were a key subject of guidelines released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions ...

Five-year results from the randomized REDUCE trial show a continued benefit of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure compared with antiplatelet therapy alone for the prevention of cryptogenic stroke.

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in conjunction with optimal medical therapy can reduce both the number of migraine days and the frequency of attacks compared with medicine alone, according to a new ...

Whether closure of a patent foramen ovale reduces the risk of recurrence of ischemic stroke in patients who have had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke is unknown. In a multicenter, randomized, open-label ...

Shown are Kaplan–Meier estimates in the intention-to-treat population. The inset shows the same data on an enlarged y axis. The incidence of serious adverse events was similar in the two trial groups, ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in scuba divers might be effective in preventing decompression sickness, a new study suggests. An analysis of more than 800 divers showed that those who were ...

Researchers found closure of patent foramen ovale could result in reduced monthly migraine days. Treatment with patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure could reduce the frequency of headaches and monthly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Supraventricular arrhythmias may be underestimated in patients who have received percutaneous patent foramen ...

An association between stress and cryptogenic ischemic stroke was observed in young women, but not young men, in a case-control study. (Neurology) Pooled cohort data suggested a likely causal ...

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole in the heart that doesn’t close as expected after birth. Before a baby is born, they have a hole between the left and right sides of their heart. This hole, ...