‘This time last year I had a procedure done to close a hole I had in my heart known as a PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale)following having a transient stroke,’ Hailey Bieber wrote on Instagram yesterday.

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 ...

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 ...

Current age-based restrictions on patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure should be reconsidered in light of observational data suggesting that carefully selected older patients fare as well as those who ...