Background: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an independent risk factor for neurovascular injury such as stroke. We previously found that large PFO shunt is associated with increased long-term risk of ...

Main risk factors linked with PFO-attributable strokes are young age, PFO size, right-to-left shunt degree, PFO morphology, presence of atrial septal aneurysm, intrinsic coagulation-anticoagulation ...

Introduction: Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) contributes to a quarter of Embolic strokes of Undetermined Source (ESUS). Although benefit of PFO closure in selected patients has been demonstrated, our ...

However, after birth, the closure of this shunt is critical. Failure of the foramen ovale to close properly leads to a condition known as patent foramen ovale (PFO) (5). PFO is estimated to exist in ...

TTE, done with a saline bubble test, can be useful in diagnosing a clinically relevant intracardiac shunt through a patent foramen ovale (PFO), at rest and after Valsalva maneuver. The contrast ...

In the end, 147 patients with a moderate or large PFO underwent 1:1 randomization to ... was repeated to assess the residual shunt rate. The primary study end point was defined as complete ...

Intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunt: An abnormal connection between ... potentially leading to impaired gas exchange. Patent foramen ovale (PFO): A small, flap-like opening between the left and ...

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The US Senate has come together to pass a bill that aims to prevent pharma companies from filing multiple patents around biologic drugs as a way to delay biosimilar competitors. Lawmakers ...