A patent foramen ovale is an opening that some adults have between the top two chambers of their hearts. Everyone has this opening early in life, but it often seals during infancy. In some people, ...

In patients with migraine who undergo transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO), the presence of aura and of residual right-to-left shunt appear to influence the amount of migraine benefits, ...

A call has been made for a new classification of ischemic stroke for patients who have a patent foramen ovale (PFO) that is thought to have been the likely cause of the stroke. The new classification ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been linked to ischemic strokes of undetermined cause (cryptogenic strokes). PFO—a remnant of fetal circulation when the foramen ovale does not seal after birth—can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-risk patent foramen ovale was independently linked to a higher risk for decompression illness in scuba ...

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 ...

A practice advisory update from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) warns against routinely offering percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) increase the rate of ischemic stroke among patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a new prospective cohort study. Its authors say the findings ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) may be associated with migraine, especially migraine with aura (MA), when the PFO is permanent right-left shunt (RLS), large RLS, and large-size PFO, a recent study found.

Ten years ago, my tennis partner suffered a stroke. He was a sixty-year-old at the time, working to move up into the top ten players in his age group. In the country! You could not have found a ...

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund remains a buy, offering a 6.3% yield and trading at a 6.54% discount to NAV. PFO provides diversified exposure to preferred securities, with a ...

I rate PFO a buy due to its attractive discount to NAV and a compelling 6.6% dividend yield for income-focused investors. PFO's performance is highly sensitive to interest rates; future rate cuts ...