February 7, 2008 (Chicago, IL) - Doctors and regulators concerned about the spike in off-label patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure procedures now have some numbers to fall back on. A research letter ...

Rochester, MN - A new case series of patients with a previous stroke suggests that transcatheter device closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defect (ASD) is safe and eliminated ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) premarket approval (PMA) of the GORE® CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder ...

ORLANDO, FL—Three months of clopidogrel on top of aspirin appears to reduce the number and severity of migraines following atrial septal defect (ASD) closure, a new study suggests. The findings, while ...

ATLANTA -- Scenarios for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure not covered by the pivotal trials were a key subject of guidelines released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., March 11, 2021 /CNW/ -- W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore), today announced that Gore REDUCE Study long-term follow-up results were published in the March 2021 issue of The New England ...

Study shows closing holes in the heart holes is no better than meds for strokes. March 14, 2012— -- As many as 26 percent of us have holes in our hearts. This hole, found in the wall between the ...

Editor's Note: This article is made possible through a sponsored content partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Structural heart disease includes conditions in which the heart’s valves, ...

The much-anticipated results of the international RESPECT and PC trials, first presented at TCT 2012, have now been published in the NEJM. In the primary analysis of each study, closure of patent ...

Patients with simple coronary heart disease (CHD) who underwent CHD surgery had a lower risk for epilepsy than those who did not undergo surgery. HealthDay News — Among simple congenital heart ...