New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective approach to close congenital patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small hole in the heart) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing ...

BURL Concepts, a private MedTech company developing a rapid, automated and affordable test for evaluating cerebral blood flow ...

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 ...

The population of patients undergoing patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in the US doesn’t match those of the clinical trials that formed the basis of the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Using a device designed to close the patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients who have had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke may reduce their risk of having another stroke, suggests ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) is defined as excursion of the atrial septum exceeding 10 mm beyond the ...

Both traditional and less conventional risk factors contribute strongly to the risk of cryptogenic ischemic stroke in adults younger than 50 years, but their relative importance varies by the presence ...

Dan Kenny first started feeling a little off at the end of an otherwise normal workday in February 2023. "I kept telling myself, I'm going on this big trip, maybe I'm just a little tired and hadn't ...