The 26-year-old model shared some information from UCLA Health on her Instagram Stories about the condition that led to her mini stroke called Patent Foramen ... Ovale (PFO), a heart condition ...

strokes could hinge in part on whether someone has a type of hole between the upper chambers of the heart. The findings show that cryptogenic strokes in participants with a patent foramen ovale ...

These "cryptogenic" strokes may in some instances be due to an embolus traveling through a right-to-left shunt in the heart. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in nearly one-quarter of ...

The procedure involved closing a patent foramen ovale (PFO), or "small hole in the heart," according to the Penguins. The surgery was performed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital by Dr. Conrad Smith.

Kris Letang was absent from practice yesterday and the issue was much bigger than that. The Penguins announced their defensemen “had successful closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO; small hole ...

According to the team's announcement, the procedure closed a small hole in his heart. The timeline for recovery is four to six weeks. "Letang had successful closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO ...