An atrial septal defect is a congenital heart issue. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it develops in about 1 in 1,859 babies in the United States. An atrial septal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The persistently patent foramen ovale has been implicated in a variety of neurologic and embolic events, ...

Boston, MA - A new study shows that among patients who have already had a stroke of unknown origin, the presence of both a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and an atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) greatly ...

Introduction: Screening for patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with ischemic neurological events is becoming more common. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate clinical characteristics and ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been linked to ischemic strokes of undetermined cause (cryptogenic strokes). PFO—a remnant of fetal circulation when the foramen ovale does not seal after birth—can ...

A hole in the heart is a nonmedical term for a type of congenital heart defect. There are many types of holes in the heart, and most are present from birth. Around 1% of babies born in the United ...