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

一项新的研究再次阐述了卵圆孔未闭 (PFO) 和偏头痛的关系 - 这次，研究人员重点关注的是患有 PFO 和房间隔动脉瘤 (ASA) 的患者。根据 Roel J.R.Snijder MD （荷兰 Nieuwegein 圣安东尼奥医院）和同事表示，他们最近发表在《美国心脏协会杂志上》的研究结果显示他们的 ...

A patent foramen ovale or PFO is a defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. This defect is actually an incomplete closure of the atrial wall that results in a flap or valve-like ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an interatrial communication at the level of oval fossa caused by the incomplete or missed fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum after birth. PFO has a ...

Heart–Brain Connection Migraine is more common in patients with a PFO; and a PFO is more common in patients with migraine. This epidemiological association is much stronger for migraine with ...

A PFO is a flap-like hole in the tissue between the two upper chambers of the heart that may allow blood to flow between them ...

New-onset migraine was noted in ten patients. ASD: Atrial septal defect; NA: Not assessed; NR: Not reported; PFO: Patent foramen ovale. The following arguments support the hypothesis that ...

A lack of blood to the heart may seriously damage the heart muscle and can be life threatening. Told she was lucky to be alive, she was also diagnosed with a patent foramen ovale (PFO), a small hole ...

UK King’s Daughters is pleased to welcome structural heart specialist Ravi Gurujal, M.D., to King’s Daughters Medical Specialties Kinneys Lane in, Ohio. Structural heart specialists treat problems and ...