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 ...

This study presents the first use of cryoablation, a minimally invasive procedure that uses extreme cold, to induce PFO closure. Co-lead investigator of the study Jiang Deng, MMed, Department of ...

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 ...

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 ...