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 ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

St. Luke's Health-Memorial Hospital Lufkin recently announced a significant advancement in cardiovascular care, becoming the first and only hospital in Deep East Texas to successfully perform a ...

Platypnea–orthodeoxia syndrome is diagnosed when a patient endorses positional dyspnea and there is evidence of arterial ...

TCT 679: Procedural, Discharge and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Intravascular ultrasonography vs Angiography guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Findings from a ...

In the womb, fetuses have an opening in the upper chambers of the heart known as a foramen ovale. While the opening is supposed to close naturally after birth, for many it never does. That's when it's ...