There is decreased risk for recurrent ischemic stroke among patients aged older than 60 years in the US following patient foramen ovale closure.

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Part of the controversy surrounding percutaneous PFO closure relates to the fact that paradoxical embolism is rarely a proven diagnosis but rather one of suspicion. 13 The question of whether the ...

Objectives: To carry out long-term follow-up after percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with cryptogenic stroke. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Single tertiary ...

Objectives Develop a score summarising how successfully a child with any surgical condition has been treated, and test the clinical validity of the score. Design Discrete choice experiment (DCE), and ...

Background: Past control studies of PFO closure focused on severe migraine only, and could not reached to confirm the efficacy of PFO closure. To evaluate of the clinical implication of PFO closure ...

A study was done to characterize respiratory outcomes in extremely preterm infants with PDA treated with transcatheter device closure compared with surgical ligation. This retrospective cohort study ...

Hyderabad doctor gets US patent for innovative heart defect closure device Hyderabad based Dr. Nageswara Rao Koneti of Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute, receives US patent for KONAR-MF Occluder, a ...

Hyderabad, Jun 5 (PTI) A Hyderabad-based doctor has received a United States patent for his innovative medical device designed to close septal defects in both children and adults. Nageswara Rao Koneti ...