Cardiovascular Diseases: News and Research on Foramen Ovale, Patent

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Expert discusses surviving a stroke

In the not-so-distant past, doctors treated strokes in an after-the-fact way. A stroke did its damage, and then—if the patient survived—a rehabilitation team stepped in to address the stroke's effects.

Q and A: Hole in heart treatment options

I recently was hospitalized for something unrelated, but during my treatment, I was given a transesophageal echocardiogram that recorded a hole in my heart. The care team at the hospital where I was being treated said there ...