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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