Among simple congenital heart diseases (CHD), patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with a significantly higher risk for epilepsy.

How May PFO Closure Affect Migraine? If one accepts that a PFO plays a pivotal role in the course of a migraine attack, the following scenarios are possible: given that the concept of migraine is ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Simple congenital heart diseases, particularly patent foramen ovale (PFO), are linked to a higher risk of epilepsy. An analysis of 10,914 patients revealed ...

I was 26 when I had a stroke. It was January 2017 and I was at a friend’s party celebrating Chinese new year. In the last ...

Messe SR, Silverman IE, Kizer JR, et al. Practice parameter: recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American ...

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.” ...

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

​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 ...

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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 ...

Objective To test the effect of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure on neurological events in divers. Design Prospective, non-randomised, longitudinal three-arm study. Setting Tertiary referral centre.