Patent Foramen Ovale, Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease, and Ischemic Stroke in a Population-Based Cohort

Conclusions: In this community-based cohort, PFO was not associated with an increased risk of clinical stroke or subclinical cerebrovascular disease.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - May 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Marco R. Di Tullio, Zhezhen Jin, Cesare Russo, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Tatjana Rundek, Mitsuhiro Yoshita, Charles DeCarli, Clinton B. Wright, Shunichi Homma, Ralph L. Sacco Tags: Patent Foramen Ovale and Stroke Source Type: research