For patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO), a novel classification system that factors in high-risk PFO features has the potential to better differentiate who is most likely to benefit from ...

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 ...

It has been well established that device closure has, on average, prevented stroke recurrence in people who’ve had patent foramen ovale–associated stroke, but a meta-analysis has drilled down into ...

For patients with systemic hypoxia and patent foramen ovale (PFO), transcatheter closure of the defect reduces oxygen requirements while improving symptoms and evidence of right-to-left shunt. The ...