The relationship between patent foramen ovale and migraine is a hotly debated ... Figure 1: A personal view on how future studies of migraine and PFO should be conducted. Most patients with ...

A PFO was detected in 164 subjects (14.9% ... Practice parameter: recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the ...

How May PFO Closure Affect Migraine? If one accepts that a PFO plays a pivotal role in the course of a migraine attack, the following scenarios are possible: given that the concept of migraine is ...

Among simple congenital heart diseases (CHD), patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with a significantly higher risk for epilepsy.

Several studies have demonstrated a strong association between patent foramen ovale (PFO) and migraine headache with aura (MHA). Preliminary data have shown substantial improvements in MHA ...

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 ...

med. Lars Kellert in issue 31–32/2017 In their article on juvenile stroke, the authors also comment on indication for interventional closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) (1). On the basis of a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Simple congenital heart diseases, particularly patent foramen ovale (PFO), are linked to a higher risk of epilepsy. An analysis of 10,914 patients revealed ...

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 ...