The relationship between patent foramen ovale and migraine is a hotly debated issue. Conflicting data on the association or independence of these conditions have been reported by various study ...

Interv Cardiol. 2013;5(2):177-187. So far, only one population-based study has been conducted to assess the relation of a PFO and migraine. [31] Out of 1101 stroke-free individuals from Northern ...

Several studies have demonstrated a strong association between patent foramen ovale (PFO) and migraine headache with aura (MHA). Preliminary data have shown substantial improvements in MHA ...

How May PFO Closure Affect Migraine? If one accepts that a PFO plays a pivotal role in the course of a migraine attack, the following scenarios are possible: given that the concept of migraine is ...

Physicians and researchers suspect a link between migraines and a particular heart defect in some people. The defect is called a patent foramen ovale or PFO. A remnant of fetal development ...

PFO is associated with a variety of disorders, including cryptogenic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), migraine, and decompression sickness. Percutaneous device occlusion is currently the ...