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 ...

med. Lars Kellert in issue 31–32/2017 In their article on juvenile stroke, the authors also comment on indication for interventional closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) (1). On the basis of a ...

Future studies should take into consideration that not all patients with PFO suffer from severe migraine or have the same risk of paradoxical embolism.

Much remains to learn about this anatomical finding, seen in about one-third of adults, and how it may affect stroke risk.

Clinical and subclinical paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale in migraine patients ... from controls to patients with a history of stroke to migraineurs; patients with migraine ...

The goal of this industry-sponsored study was to determine if PFO closure with the AMPLATZER PFO Occluder was superior to the current medical standard of care in the prevention or recurrent embolic ...

A patent foramen ovale or PFO is a defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart ... If clots remain in the blood and pass through the left chamber, they can lodge in the brain, heart ...