(European Heart Journal) After transcatheter patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, patients with nickel hypersensitivity were more likely to develop device syndrome, but this did not translate into ...

A new study in Heart Rhythm, the official journal of ... conventional treatment of implementing a percutaneous metal device for PFO closure, which is associated with adverse events such as ...

A PFO, which is a hole between the left and right atria of the heart, does not necessarily require treatment, unless the patient is at risk of stroke or blood clots. PFO closure totals showed ... and ...

It is not often that three interventional cardiac procedures are completed before the morning coffee break. But at One Welbeck Heart Health, Dr Iqbal Malik, a Consultant Cardiologist at the London ...

report a certain amount of improvement after PFO closure. Indeed, the same factors influencing the risk of paradoxical embolism are likely to have a role in the pathogenesis of migraine and ...

The "watchman left atrial appendage" device is a one-time implant placed inside a small pouch in the patient’s heart, helping reduce the risk of stroke from blood clot formation. Leading the ...