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 ...

A patent foramen ovale is an abnormal hole in the wall between ... heart is undermined - which could allow more bubbles into the brain circulation.

A patent foramen ovale or PFO is a defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart ... If clots remain in the blood and pass through the left chamber, they can lodge in the brain, heart ...

It is not often that three interventional cardiac procedures are completed before the morning coffee break. But at One Welbeck Heart Health, Dr Iqbal Malik, a Consultant Cardiologist at the London ...

His stroke was later attributed to an undiagnosed patent foramen ovale, commonly known as a hole in the heart, which allowed a clot to reach his brain. Recalling the ordeal, Scott said ...

High incidence of acute and subacute ischaemic foci on brain MRI in patients with a diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism and confirmed patent foramen ovale.