A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole in the heart that doesn’t close as expected after birth. Before a baby is born, they have a hole between the left and right sides of their heart. This hole, ...

The use of a robotic-assisted device to perform transcranial Doppler ultrasound greatly improved the detection of right-to-left cardiac shunts in patients with presumed embolic strokes compared with ...

The 26-year-old model shared some information from UCLA Health on her Instagram Stories about the condition that led to her mini stroke called Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Kimberlee Speakman is a ...

It's true that the older you get, the higher your risk of stroke increases. But strokes can occur at any age, even if you're "young" (that is, someone younger than 60). Often, strokes in the young are ...

Highlighting an interdisciplinary approach and proper patient selection, a European task force has published what they claim to be the first intersocietal guideline consensus regarding percutaneous ...