Patent foramen ovale (PFO) increase the rate of ischemic stroke among patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a new prospective cohort study. Its authors say the findings ...

Current evidence on the efficacy of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) for the secondary prevention of recurrent paradoxical embolism in divers is inadequate in quality and quantity, ...

The likelihood of recurrent embolic events after percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) is low and unrelated to a residual shunt in the vast majority of cases, according to results of a ...

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are at high risk for stroke, and the risk is further raised by about fourfold by the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO), a new study suggests. "This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients hospitalized for pulmonary embolism were four times more likely to have had a recent ischemic stroke if ...

Cardiac embolism is the most frequent cause of ischemic stroke in hospital-based and population-based registers. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) with and without atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) has been ...

The relationship between patent foramen ovale and migraine is a hotly debated issue. Conflicting data on the association or independence of these conditions have been reported by various study groups ...

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale for the secondary prevention of recurrent paradoxical embolism in divers. This involves passing a device through a large ...