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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BURL Concepts, a private MedTech company focused on the development of a state-of-the-art, rapid, automated and affordable test for evaluating cerebral blood ...

Both traditional and less conventional risk factors contribute strongly to the risk of cryptogenic ischemic stroke in adults younger than 50 years, but their relative importance varies by the presence ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure reduced the risk for recurrent ischemic stroke in most young and middle-aged adults with cryptogenic stroke but increased the risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) in a ...

Current age-based restrictions on patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure should be reconsidered in light of observational data suggesting that carefully selected older patients fare as well as those who ...

There’s a good chance you may be walking around with a hole in your heart. “It’s as common as having blue eyes or being left-handed,” said Dr. Phillip Horwitz, a cardiologist and the executive ...

Before birth, the fetal heart has an opening called the foramen ovale between the right and left atria. This allows blood to bypass the lungs and be directed straight to the left side of the ...

FOQUS scans the whole brain for emboli in 40 seconds and can be performed in physician offices or diagnostic centers BURL Concepts is a medical technology company dedicated to developing and ...

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