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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers also closely reviewed participants with a heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO), a hole between the heart's upper chambers. A PFO is usually harmless yet is known to increase ...

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 ...

Advertisement The surgery, performed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital by Dr. Conrad Smith, closed a small hole, called a patent foramen ovale (PFO), in Letang’s heart. The hole was discovered after ...

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 ...