It's true that the older you get, the higher your risk of stroke increases. But strokes can occur at any age, even if you're "young" (that is, someone younger than 60). Often, strokes in the young are ...

The echocardiogram shows the incidental finding of an aneurysm of the interatrial septum (IAS). Aneurysms of the IAS are fairly common and occur with an incidence of 2% to 8%. The size and morphology ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that -- contrary to current thinking by some in the medical community -- a patent foramen ovale (PFO), a small hole between the two upper chambers of the heart, does ...

Strokes that occur in patients with diagnosed patent foramen ovale (PFO) should no longer be deemed “cryptogenic” but rather “PFO-associated,” according to a new statement compiled by a team of both ...

An echocardiogram is an ultrasound image of the heart. Echocardiograms can help doctors diagnose a range of heart problems, such as heart failure, blood clots in the heart, and heart valve disease.

Syracuse, N.Y. – On Sept. 26, Howard Washington suffered a stroke while walking out of class. Washington, a sophomore on the Syracuse basketball team, had managed to call team trainer Brad Pike. Soon, ...

Because the benefits of patent foramen ovale closure were once in question, physicians remain hesitant about its use in clinical practice. Recent data, however, have confirmed the safety and efficacy ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) may be associated with migraine, especially migraine with aura (MA), when the PFO is permanent right-left shunt (RLS), large RLS, and large-size PFO, a recent study found.

A woman in her 40s presented with progressive cognitive decline, expressive language difficulty and episodic confusion. Her initial symptoms were misattributed to psychiatric illness, and later to ...

Aim: To find out the significance of murmurs heard during infancy. Methods: Retrospective audit of all infants with newly heard murmurs referred from April 2007 to October 2009 to cardiac clinics in ...