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 ...

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 ...

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 -- ...

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 ...

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.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO – 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 ...