Hi, my name is Tina. I'm a 31 yr old married mom of 3. My 3 year old was diagnosed with PFO, and I am wondering if there are any websites or info you can...
HI Tina- PFO's, as I understand them, are congenital- they are how the blood goes from the heart to the brain while in the womb. I would go to the Cleveland...
Hi Tina, If you take a look at the links page of the group you will find several links to sites about PFO. Good Luck. Tina <tykayjay@...> wrote: Hi, my...
Hi all. I am a 25 y/o male who experienced a minor stroke a couple of weeks ago, and I am looking at options to get it patched. I was wondering if anyone on...
Hi there, I'm so sorry to hear about your stroke. I hope you are recovering well. I had 2 small strokes before my PFO was diagnosed, and I had the amplatzer...
Hi.I myself have a PFO, although have not had the closure. My mom had the closure in October, and has had no side affects or migraines since then(had a stroke...
Hi, I also had a minor stroke in October. My PFO was closed using the Amplatzer ASD occluder right before Christmas at the University of Michigan Congenital ...
The FDA has opened a study with UCLA regarding the nickel allergy. They have found it in stents and other types of implants. I am in the middle of a heated...
Brian, Hopefully you are seeing Pediatric Cardiology. I saw Dr. Rocchini, and we absolutely loved him. He has done a couple hundred of these. He sat with us...
... ago. It did NOT show a hole in my heart. I was very surprised b/c both technicians during the echocardiagram saw "bubbles" pass over, evidence of a hole....
I am curious how it is determined that someone has had a mild stroke, not a migraine. Is evidence that behind on the brain that is revealed during testing if...
Are pediatric cardiologists willing to see adult patients? I wouldn't have ever thought about pursuing that avenue. It makes a lot of sense, considering that...
Debbie, Sorry to hear about your ongoing battle. Mine was more cut and dried. I had a definite stroke based upon my doctors evaluation the day it happened...
Thanks for the reply, Mark. I have an appointment with a Dr. Moscucci - who is the Director of the Interventional Cardiology unit and also the Director of the ...
Brian, I did not have a good experience with Dr. Moscucci. He was one of the doctors, along with my neurologist, that pushed me to go on a clinical trial....
If your insurance will cover it and you don't mind the discomfort, have another TEE. Try a different technician this time, though. Good luck! ... ago. It did...
Mark, I don't understand. Why would they want to put you on a clinical trial? Was it a new type of device/procedure they wanted to try?? I am relieved that...
Brian- I had a CardioSeal inplant- this is currently under a trial. Being a woman, and wanting to have children, I was able to avoid the trial...but otherwise...
Brian, I also had Xanax to help me get to the hospital, and then had more sedation to knock me out during the procedure. I don't remember anything until the ...
I have never heard of that one, I just had the regular Amplatzer put in. Make sure that your doctor does a 4 day skin patch test for nickel before you get the...
Hello all, Wondering if any of you have Pulmonary Hypertension that they say is caused/made worse by your PFO? Also, do any of you know what it is on the Echo...
It appears to be the same thing as the device all of us have had except it has a smaller center piece like the cardio seal device has for the reason of cover...
Hello Violet, thanks for the reply. Pulmonary Hypertension is where the pressure becomes higher on the R side of your heart than the L. Causes shortness of...
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