Patients with cryptogenic stroke or migraine who undergo patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure are at a fourfold increased risk of new-onset A-fib compared with controls, according to a meta-analysis.

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in conjunction with optimal medical therapy can reduce both the number of migraine days and the frequency of attacks compared with medicine alone, according to a new ...

Because the benefits of patent foramen ovale closure were once in question, physicians remain hesitant about its use in clinical practice. Recent data, however, have confirmed the safety and efficacy ...

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole in the heart that doesn’t close as expected after birth. Before a baby is born, they have a hole between the left and right sides of their heart. This hole, ...

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 ...

Researchers found closure of patent foramen ovale could result in reduced monthly migraine days. Treatment with patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure could reduce the frequency of headaches and monthly ...

ATLANTA -- Scenarios for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure not covered by the pivotal trials were a key subject of guidelines released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Younger patients with a patent foramen ovale who have had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke should undergo PFO ...

W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has launched a multicenter, prospective, randomized placebo- and sham-controlled investigational study that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure ...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) did not significantly curb migraine-attack frequency in patients with episodic migraine refractory to multiple medications in the ...

The throbbing near Marian Simmons’s temples made her nauseous. She could barely tolerate opening her eyes; the light brought on an excruciating sensation, as if a helmet was cinched too tightly on her ...

Over the past years, many researchers have been engaged in deciphering the interrelationship between migraine and patent foramen ovale (PFO) and have tried to answer the question of whether PFO ...