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 ...

Percutaneous closure can be described as a less-invasive surgical procedure used to treat patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) or patent foramen ovale (PFO). Since the utilization of percutaneous ...

Long-term survival after transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects (ASD) is similar to that achieved after surgical closure, but the former method is far more likely to require ...

Bethesda, MD - A new single-center report of 100 cases of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovales (PFOs) and atrial-septal defects (ASDs) shows excellent results in terms of defect closure, with ...