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 ...

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Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been linked to cryptogenic stroke, but the mechanisms of this relationship remain unclear. Botto et al. set out to investigate the prevalence of prothrombotic gene ...

Division of Cardiology, Assuta Ashdod University Hospital and Ben Gurion University, Ashdod, Israel, coauthor of the commentary, concludes, "This study presents an innovative approach to PFO ...

Other studies have linked PFO/SA with risk for stroke recurrence (e.g., Journal Watch Cardiology Jan 18 2002), but patients in those studies were younger than patients in this one. It is possible ...