​A Co Antrim woman’s life changed completely in 2023 after battling through two strokes aged just 31. Ellis Dawson, from Newtownabbey, who works as cabin crew had her first stroke, a TIA (transient ...

The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

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Especially since I’d had the TIA but was told if I felt ok, I could go back to normal whilst waiting for the PFO closure surgery. I never thought I would end up having another stroke ...

I never thought it could happen to me, but people need to take their health seriously and get things checked out if there’s something they aren’t happy about.” ...

They can affect the structure and function of the atrium, resulting in impedance of blood flow out of the right atrium, increased risk of clot formation, stroke, and heart failure. Patent foramen ...

Some scientific studies have suggested a link between migraine with aura and a patent foramen ovale (PFO), a relatively common congenital heart defect. With this postulated link, controversy arose ...

The aim of the PFO‐ACCESS (Augmenting Communications for Medical Care or Closure in the Evaluation of Stroke Patients With Cardiac Shunts) program (which included implementation of the Viz.ai ...

More people are surviving stroke to experience its long-term consequences, but outcomes in people living more >10 years after stroke have not been described in detail. Methods Data were collected for ...

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 ...