This review aims to summarize current knowledge and highlight recent findings on the association between cryptogenic stroke (CS) and patent foramen ovale (PFO). By presenting sometimes conflicting ...

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 ...

Without filtration, bubbles in the arterial system may lead to a neurological event such as a stroke. Any activity that increases the right atrium/venous pressure over the left atrium/arterial ...

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 ...

The sensations that are caused by some of the most severe migraines can cause you to feel as if you’re having a stroke. Sometimes a migraine, specifically a migraine with aura (or visual disturbances) ...

JJ is a 75-year-old man who presents to the office after his wife made an appointment for him this morning for evaluation of ...

Because Maddy had a history of migraines that caused numbness and tingling in her extremities, they figured she was suffering ...

Objective: To determine whether smaller atrial shunts (large persistent foramen ovale (PFO) and small atrial septal defect (ASD)) are inherited and whether this has a role in the inheritance of ...

Stroke is defined as an "acute neurologic ... artery or from cardiac sources such as atrial fibrillation, patent foramen ovale, or a hypokinetic left ventricle (Hickey, 2003).

From the January/February 2025 issue of Car and Driver. A patent for a six-stroke engine would normally go directly into our crackpot-engine file, but when the patent filer is Porsche, we feel ...

Recognizing stroke symptoms and acting quickly is crucial. Proactive measures include staying warm, monitoring health, staying active indoors, boosting immunity, managing stress, and staying hydrated.