There is a correlation of stroke with patent foramen ovale. We are all born with it - a hole on the heart - and it closes during infancy but in about 25% of the people, it never closes. A small percentage of people with the hole in the heart wall between two chambers have migraines and/or strokes. There are studies have shown that in people under 60 years of age who have cryptogenic strokes—strokes where no definite cause can be found—closure of PFOs is beneficial. This was true pre-CV, but I have to wonder how it will be exacerbated.
There is a correlation of stroke with patent foramen ovale. We are all born with it - a hole on the heart - and it closes during infancy but in about 25% of the people, it never closes. A small percentage of people with the hole in the heart wall between two chambers have migraines and/or strokes. There are studies have shown that in people under 60 years of age who have cryptogenic strokes—strokes where no definite cause can be found—closure of PFOs is beneficial. This was true pre-CV, but I have to wonder how it will be exacerbated.