Marco R. Di Tullio; Peter C. Block, M.D., F.A.C.C. However, the risk of first-ever stroke in asymptomatic subjects with PFO in the general population has not been clearly established. This ...

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Lars Kellert in issue 31–32/2017 In their article on juvenile stroke, the authors also comment on indication for interventional closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) (1). On the basis of a US ...

A PFO is present in everyone before birth but seals shut in most ... heart, eyes or kidneys, causing a stroke. A congenital heart specialist can determine the best course of action with specialized ...

and a bubble study showed no evidence for a patent foramen ovale (PFO). A stroke specialist neurologist evaluated the patient and diagnosed a small vessel ischemic stroke involving Broca’s area ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been linked to cryptogenic stroke, but the mechanisms of this relationship remain unclear. Botto et al. set out to investigate the prevalence of prothrombotic gene ...

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