Patent foramen ovale (PFO) increase the rate of ischemic stroke among patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a new prospective cohort study. Its authors say the findings ...

The likelihood of recurrent embolic events after percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) is low and unrelated to a residual shunt in the vast majority of cases, according to results of a ...

Patients hospitalized for pulmonary embolism were four times more likely to have had a recent ischemic stroke if they also had patent foramen ovale, according to a study published in the Annals of ...

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are at high risk for stroke, and the risk is further raised by about fourfold by the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO), a new study suggests. "This ...

The relationship between patent foramen ovale and migraine is a hotly debated issue. Conflicting data on the association or independence of these conditions have been reported by various study groups ...