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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions announced it has developed an expert consensus ...

The first-ever guidelines for interventional cardiologists using percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure recommend expanding the use of the procedure beyond the Food and Drug Administration-approved ...

Eyal Ben-Assa, MD, Division of Cardiology, Assuta Ashdod University Hospital and Ben Gurion University, Ashdod, Israel, coauthor of the commentary, concludes, "This study presents an innovative ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO), an opening between the two chambers of the heart, has been associated with some strokes for which there has been no identifiable cause. Due to a lack of solid research and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Carcinoid syndrome is a group of symptoms associated with carcinoid tumors, and results from the release of vasoactive substances such as serotonin. This syndrome often leads to right-sided carcinoid ...

The Medtronic Endurant stent graft system got FDA approval to remove a warning against use for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms from its label. A retrospective study confirms that women can get ...

In scuba divers with large patent foramen ovale (PFO), transcatheter closure seems to prevent decompression sickness (DCS), a new study suggests. “According to our data, PFO closure is recommended in ...