A 46-year-old female with no previously documented illnesses presented with 15 months of diarrhea, abdominal pain, and flushing after alcohol consumption. Abdominal CT showed multiple hepatic masses, ...

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 ...

The first-ever guidelines for interventional cardiologists using percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure recommend expanding the use of the procedure beyond the Food and Drug Administration-approved ...

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 ...

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 ...

BASEL, Switzerland—In a study of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries older than 60 who had had an ischemic stroke, percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure was associated with improved ...

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 ...

Closure of a patent foramen ovale, or "hole in the heart," is effective and well-tolerated with low rates of complications, according to a narrative review published today by the Medical Journal of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Supraventricular arrhythmias may be underestimated in patients who have received percutaneous patent foramen ...

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 ...

Over the past years, many researchers have been engaged in deciphering the interrelationship between migraine and patent foramen ovale (PFO) and have tried to answer the question of whether PFO ...