Sunday, 31 March 2013

Surgery or Patent Foramen Ovale may not Prevent Stroke

Heart surgery for patent foramen ovale may not always reduce the risk of stroke and other complications due to clot formation, according to recent research. Patent foramen ovale is a defect in the heart that fails to close naturally soon after a baby is born. In the fetal heart, blood moves in a different direction as compared to an adult heart. Some of the openings in the fetal heart close around birth. A failure to close one such opening ...




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