Marco R. Di Tullio; Peter C. Block, M.D., F.A.C.C. However, the risk of first-ever stroke in asymptomatic subjects with PFO in the general population has not been clearly established. This ...
med. Lars Kellert in issue 31–32/2017 In their article on juvenile stroke, the authors also comment on indication for interventional closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) (1). On the basis of a ...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been linked to cryptogenic stroke, but the mechanisms of this relationship remain unclear. Botto et al. set out to investigate the prevalence of prothrombotic gene ...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an interatrial communication at the level of oval fossa caused by the incomplete or missed fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum after birth. PFO has a ...
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A PFO is present in everyone before birth but seals shut in most people ... If clots remain in the blood and pass through the left chamber, they can lodge in the brain, heart, eyes or kidneys, causing ...
Possible mechanisms explaining the migraine-stroke connection include genetic predisposition, endothelial dysfunction, coagulation abnormalities, arterial dissection, and paradoxical embolism via a ...