Because the benefits of patent foramen ovale closure were once in question, physicians remain hesitant about its use in clinical practice. Recent data, however, have confirmed the safety and efficacy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions announced it has developed an expert consensus ...

Eyal Ben-Assa, MD, Division of Cardiology, Assuta Ashdod University Hospital and Ben Gurion University, Ashdod, Israel, coauthor of the commentary, concludes, "This study presents an innovative ...

Stroke Image There were 850 ischemic strokes (0.6%) within 30 days of surgery: 3.2 and 0.5% among patients with and without PFO, respectively. HealthDay News — For adults undergoing non-cardiac ...

Reducing the frequency and severity of disabling migraines is crucial for quality of life. A new study, published in the February 2009 issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, finds significant ...

Cardiac embolism is the most frequent cause of ischemic stroke in hospital-based and population-based registers. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) with and without atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) has been ...

Real-world data highlights how Viz Connect® enhances care coordination and referral efficiency for cryptogenic stroke patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) The study demonstrated a 5.9x increase in ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that -- contrary to current thinking by some in the medical community -- a patent foramen ovale (PFO), a small hole between the two upper chambers of the heart, does ...

Carcinoid syndrome is a group of symptoms associated with carcinoid tumors, and results from the release of vasoactive substances such as serotonin. This syndrome often leads to right-sided carcinoid ...

Strokes that occur in patients with diagnosed patent foramen ovale (PFO) should no longer be deemed “cryptogenic” but rather “PFO-associated,” according to a new statement compiled by a team of both ...

In scuba divers with large patent foramen ovale (PFO), transcatheter closure seems to prevent decompression sickness (DCS), a new study suggests. “According to our data, PFO closure is recommended in ...

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 ...