Patients who have a heart defect known as patent foramen ovale incidentally discovered and repaired during surgery for a different condition may have an increased odds of postoperative stroke, along ...

July 15, 2009 (Cleveland, Ohio) — Surgical closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) newly discovered during cardiothoracic surgery for an unrelated problem may do more harm than good, suggested a ...

Sept. 3, 2003 (Vienna) -- In some migraineurs, headaches appear to be linked to patent foramen ovale (PFO), and in those patients PFO repair can significantly reduce the risk for recurrent migraine ...

Believe it or not, a “hole in the heart” from a condition called patent foramen ovale (PFO) is mostly harmless and doesn’t need treatment. That is, until a person develops problems with blood clots.

July 15 -- TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Patients may not benefit from repair of a heart defect that's discovered during surgery for another condition, a new study has found. The defect -- ...

(HealthDay News) – Closure of a patent foramen ovale does not reduce the risk of recurrent stroke compared with antiplatelet treatment alone in patients who present with a cryptogenic stroke or ...

ATLANTA, GA (March 13, 2006)--A study presented today during the American College of Cardiology's inaugural Innovation in Intervention: The i2 Summit 2006 in Atlanta, Ga., will answer intriguing ...

St. Mary Medical Center is offering a new level of expertise to Northwest Indiana patients with congenital heart conditions. Cardiologist Hussam Suradi is specially trained in an innovative technique ...

The foramen ovale is a tunnel-like anatomical structure located in the interatrial wall of the fetal heart that enables right-to-left shunting during fetal development. In the majority of people this ...

Inside your heart are four valves that act as traffic cops to ensure that blood flows in the correct manner. Sometimes these valves may become damaged, which may cause blood to back up into the heart ...

Patients who have a heart defect known as patent foramen ovale incidentally discovered and repaired during surgery for a different condition may have an increased odds of postoperative stroke, along ...