Medscape

Poststroke PFO Closure Helps Some, But Not All, Younger Adults

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure reduced the risk for recurrent ischemic stroke in most young and middle-aged adults with cryptogenic stroke but increased the risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) in a ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital first in Fort Bend to use PFO closure

As a baby develops in the womb, a hole in its heart provides oxygen-rich blood from the mother. This hole usually closes naturally when the baby is born. However, about 25 percent of the time, it does ...
TCTMD

LAA Closure, PFO Closure, and Other Novel Structural Heart Procedures

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Nature

Prediction of syncope recurrence after percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale based on machine learning

We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors ...
Nature

Differentiation between patent foramen ovale and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations via simultaneous contrast transthoracic echocardiography and transcranial doppler

The right-to-left shunt encompasses both intracardiac shunt and intrapulmonary shunt in relation to patent foramen ovale (PFO) and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM). Previous studies have ...