Hi, all,

My wife just got diagnosed with PFO and a ASA as well, which seem
to be the same thing, from what I can tell. Everything I'm reading
online from Mayo, Hopkins, American Heart Association, etc. is saying
that there is no proven link between having a PFO and a higher risk of
stroke and that they do not recommend arbitrarily closing the PFO as a
precautionary measure. This is also in line with what my wife's
cardiologist is telling her. But, on this group, it looks like most
of you have had it closed anyway. What was the reasoning if I might
ask? We're not really looking to have heart surgery if we can avoid
it and she has no symptoms of any kind, it just showed up on a EKG
looking for why she has a heart murmur sometimes. We're just trying
to figure out if it's a big deal or not. She's 33 years old.

Thanks,
Mike Brubaker