A new analysis from the SCOPE consortium evaluates stroke prevention and atrial fibrillation risk after PFO closure in young ...

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 information ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with cryptogenic stroke who were treated with patent foramen ovale closure and medical therapy had a ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Among patients with inherited thrombophilias on anticoagulant or antiaggregant therapies, patent ...

The presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with transvenous leads for pacemakers or defibrillators more than triples the long-term risk of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), ...

In early 2004, Michelle Cahill suffered a stroke - a disruption of blood flow to a part of the brain. She was just 38 years old. "The thought of having a stroke at such a young age never crossed my ...

Stroke Image There were 850 ischemic strokes (0.6%) within 30 days of surgery: 3.2 and 0.5% among patients with and without PFO, respectively. HealthDay News — For adults undergoing non-cardiac ...