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 ...

A patent foramen ovale is an opening that some adults have between the top two chambers of their hearts. Everyone has this opening early in life, but it often seals during infancy. In some people ...

Abstract. Several lines of evidence suggest that a patent foramen ovale (PFO) may increase the risk of ischemic stroke. In the late 1980s, for example, the first reports were published linking the ...

Hailey Bieber is making one year since surviving a mini stroke with some information about the heart condition called PFO that led to the health scare.

Scuba divers with high-risk patent foramen ovale, or a hole in the heart, may be more susceptible to decompression illness than previously thought and should adhere to a conservative diving ...

Overall, patients without PFO had a higher number of traditional risk factors. In patients without a PFO, the risk of cryptogenic ischemic stroke increased with each additional traditional risk factor ...

“Can’t believe it’s been 1 year since I suffered a mini stroke that led to my PFO diagnosis,” she wrote. “Given that it’s the 1 year mark from such a life changing event, I wanted to ...

According to infographics by UCLA Health, PFO is a "passageway between the left and right atria of the heart," which exists in everyone before birth but eventually closes.