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New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective approach to close congenital patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small hole in the heart) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing ...

St. Luke's Health-Memorial Hospital Lufkin recently announced a significant advancement in cardiovascular care, becoming the first and only hospital in Deep East Texas to successfully perform a ...

Said Wu: "And the procedure takes about 30 to 60 minutes, and then if everything goes OK, the patient can leave the same day." Wu says the PFO procedure should involve a collaboration between a ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in conjunction with optimal medical therapy can reduce both the number of migraine days and the frequency of attacks compared with medicine alone, according to a new ...

Because the benefits of patent foramen ovale closure were once in question, physicians remain hesitant about its use in clinical practice. Recent data, however, have confirmed the safety and efficacy ...

At long last, debate over the value of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure versus medical therapy for the secondary prevention of cryptogenic stroke may finally be winding down, following the ...

When Dr. M. Soubhi Azzouz joined Western Slope Cardiology last year in Grand Junction, he brought with him a skill set that would allow the practice to expand their heart surgery practice for local ...

The association between migraine with aura and persistent foramen ovale (PFO), as well as other right-to-left shunts, is described. A hypothesis that might explain this association is discussed.

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the persistence of an opening (the foramen ovale) in the septum between the right atrium and left atrium of the heart. In the fetus, the foramen ovale allows blood to ...

There’s a good chance you may be walking around with a hole in your heart. “It’s as common as having blue eyes or being left-handed,” said Dr. Phillip Horwitz, a cardiologist and the executive ...