Consequently, only general measures to reduce the potential for transient hypercoagulability or thrombus formation may be recommended to asymptomatic individuals with an incidentally detected PFO ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when ...

such as device thrombosis and atrial fibrillation. The PC Trial, which is reported elsewhere in this issue of the Journal, studied the same closure device, the Amplatzer PFO Occluder. 17 Both the ...

such as from the PFO tunnel itself." This further points to "the need for judicious use of periprocedural pharmacology, to further prevent thrombus formation. But even more so, further studies to ...

May 12, 2009 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — A novel device for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure--implanted within the "tunnel" of the PFO, rather than clamping the hole closed--appears to be safe and ...

While traditional risk factors like hypertension, smoking, abdominal obesity, and psychosocial stress drove risk in patients without a PFO, nontraditional factors like venous thrombosis, cancer, ...

That doesn’t seem to be clinically the case. [It’s] very rare, I would say, thrombus formation on the device.” The various randomized trials of PFO closure tended to use standard DAPT durations as ...

Coexistent atrial septal aneurysm, pelvic deep vein thrombosis and inherited clotting factor deficiencies could potentiate stroke risk in patients with PFO. Transcatheter PFO closure, a minimally ...

If the PFO is big enough, an embolus can skip the ... That’s called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). A number of things may cause the blood to clot: Your legs aren’t moving enough, like during ...

A patent foramen ovale is an opening that some adults have between the top two chambers of their hearts. Everyone has this opening early in life, but it often seals during infancy. In some people ...

PFO is associated with a variety of disorders ... pericardial effusion, device displacement, thrombus development, and arrhythmia. Furthermore, a metal occluder would obstruct future access ...