A patent foramen ovale or PFO is a defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. This defect is actually an incomplete closure of the atrial wall that results in a flap or valve-like ...

Nontraditional risk factors, particularly migraine with aura, play a major role in patients under 50 years old.

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in nearly one-quarter of patients in autopsy studies and is even more prevalent in young patients with cryptogenic stroke. Whether these PFOs should be ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an interatrial communication at the level of oval fossa caused by the incomplete or missed fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum after birth. PFO has a ...

A new study published in the journal of Stroke showed that the most common cause of young-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke ...

Doctors delivered the bad news — Figari had a common congenital heart condition called patent foramen ovale (PFO), which is when a hole between the upper chambers of the heart stays open after ...

The 26-year-old model shared some information from UCLA Health on her Instagram Stories about the condition that led to her mini stroke called Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Kimberlee Speakman is a ...

HealthDay News — Traditional risk factors contribute to young-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS) without patent foramen ovale (PFO), while nontraditional risk factors seem more important for CIS ...

Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 years) who were born with a hole in the upper chambers of their heart known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), strokes of unknown cause were more strongly ...

Migraine with aura is the most prominent individual risk factor for unexplained stroke in adults younger than 50 years, particularly in women and in those with patent foramen ovale (PFO), a new ...

Traditional risk factors contribute most to young-onset CIS without patent foramen ovale; nontraditional risk factors more important in CIS with PFO. (HealthDay News) — Traditional risk factors ...