The REDUCE Study evaluated whether PFO closure with a Gore Device plus antiplatelet therapy reduces the risk of stroke compared to antiplatelet therapy alone. The controlled, open-label study ...

Amy Speropoulos took 3 Good Minutes today to speak with Dr. James Klemis from Stern Cardiovascular. He was talking about a subject that you may never have heard of, PFO. You can learn more about ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in scuba divers might be effective in preventing decompression sickness, a new study suggests. An analysis of more than 800 divers showed that those who were ...

Dan Kenny, 40, felt dizzy and tired at the end of his day. Doctors determined he was having a stroke — and found he had a PFO, an undiagnosed hole in his heart.

Among experienced SCUBA divers, patent foramen ovale (PFO) with certain high-risk echocardiographic features increases the risk of decompression illness, also called the bends. Decompression ...

A total of 441 patients were randomly assigned to the PFO closure group and 223 to the antiplatelet-only group (Fig. S1 in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this letter ...