Tag: PFO closure

American Academy of Neurology recommends PFO closure for selected stroke patients

New guidance from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) recommends the closure of a patent for...

Atrial fibrillation related to PFO closure occurs early and is transient

A new meta-analysis of patients undergoing percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) af...

Team-centred approach is best way of determining need for PFO closure

A meta-analysis, published in The American Journal of Medicine, provides further evidence that p...

Data for NobleStitch EL suture based closure system presented at CSI UCSF Congress

At CSI UCSF Congress, Achille Gaspardone (Hospital of Sant'Eugenio, Rome, Italy) presented a compreh...

Three studies support efficacy of PFO closure for reducing risk of recurrent stroke

The results of CLOSE, Gore Reduce and the extended follow-up of RESPECT—all published in The New...