It has been well established that device closure has, on average, prevented stroke recurrence in people who’ve had patent foramen ovale–associated stroke, but a meta-analysis has drilled down into ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abbott announced that the FDA has approved its patent foramen ovale occlusion system for patients with a PFO and ...

A new study in Heart Rhythm, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society, published by Elsevier, ...

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 ...

W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has launched a multicenter, prospective, randomized placebo- and sham-controlled investigational study that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure ...

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 ...

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Global PFO Closure Device Market Size was estimated at USD 121.53 million in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 208.00 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.98% during the forecast period. “PFO ...

ATLANTA -- Scenarios for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure not covered by the pivotal trials were a key subject of guidelines released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions ...

Rochester, MN - A case report of a patient who suffered erosion of an Amplatzer septal-occluder device (St Jude Medical) six years after it was implanted, resulting in cardiac tamponade and ...