A singer who suffered seven strokes in one night as a teenager has said music aided his recovery. Ryan Finan, 30, from ...

As strokes with "unknown causes" rise in young adults, researchers just found a link with one surprising condition that's ...

It’s even worse for people who also have a common heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO), which affects 1 in 4 people. For them, those nontraditional risk factors more than double their ...

A day after Kris Letang underwent successful closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO; small hole in the heart), which has an expected recovery time of 4-6 weeks, he was at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex ...

In patients with nickel hypersensitivity, there is increased risk for device syndrome within the first 90 days following patent foramen ovale closure.

Non-traditional risk factors were particularly important among people born with a heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO), which involves a hole in the upper chambers of the heart ...

Researchers also closely reviewed participants with a heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO), a hole between the heart's upper chambers. A PFO is usually harmless yet is known to increase ...

Both traditional and less conventional risk factors contribute strongly to the risk of cryptogenic ischemic stroke in adults younger than 50 years, but their relative importance varies by the presence ...

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang underwent successful heart surgery, the team announced Wednesday morning. The surgery was to close a patent foramen ovale (PFO), which the team described ...

Burden of Modifiable Risk Factors in Young-Onset Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke by High-Risk Patent Foramen Ovale. Stroke , 2025; DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.049855 Cite This Page : ...