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The MIST I and II trials have been the centre of a lot of controversy.  You might not remember the name, but you may remember the treatment.  Some people have a patent foramen ovale (PFO), which […]

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The most recent trial to see if a surgical procedure could help migraine sufferers was…not quite the success that was hoped for.  Sort of.
The fact is that the hole in the heart closure, called the PFO closure procedure, so far hasn’t turned out to be the migraine cure-all.  The surgery did seem to decrease the […]

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You’ve read here several times about PFO and it’s relation to migraine.  Check out the article from HeadWay, "Mixed Blood and Migraines" for more on how this common heart defect may be related to migraine.
If you really want to know more about the defect and the operation needed to solve the problem, check out the […]

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You’ve probably already heard about the connection between migraine and the common heart defect known as Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO).  (If not, check out this article from the September 2003 issue of HeadWay)  For several months the MIST Trial has been going on in the UK to formally study how repairing this defect may stop […]

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A couple of weeks ago I heard a radio interview with one of the people researching patent foramen ovale surgery (PFO) as a treatment for migraine.  Listening to the interview, you would think that this may be the long sought for "cure" for migraine.  And so, people are lining up to get the surgery as […]

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During the last couple of years especially, a lot of evidence has emerged that there’s a connection between a certain heart defect and migraine.  That condition is called Patent Foramen Ovale, or PFO.  PFO is a common defect where there is a hole between two different parts of the heart.  This defect is not usually […]

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