Dan Kenny first started feeling a little off at the end of an otherwise normal workday in February 2023. "I kept telling myself, I'm going on this big trip, maybe I'm just a little tired and hadn't ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure reduced the risk for recurrent ischemic stroke in most young and middle-aged adults with cryptogenic stroke but increased the risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) in a ...

The population of patients undergoing patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in the US doesn’t match those of the clinical trials that formed the basis of the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) today released official guidelines for the management of patent foramen ovale (PFO). A multidisciplinary guideline panel formulated 13 ...

ATLANTA -- Scenarios for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure not covered by the pivotal trials were a key subject of guidelines released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions ...

Closure may be safe in patients older than 60 years who’ve had a presumed patent foramen ovale (PFO)-related stroke—a population excluded from most of the randomized trials in this space—but may also ...

CAUTION: Investigational device. Limited by United States law to investigational use. The Gore RELIEF Clinical Study is evaluating the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure of patent foramen ...

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 ...