Embolism from the heart or the thoracic aorta often leads to clinically significant morbidity
and mortality due to transient ischemic attack, stroke or occlusion of peripheral arteries …

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the most common congenital heart abnormality of fetal origin
and is present in approximately∼ 25% of the worldwide adult population. PFO is the …

Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Septal Defect and Patent Foramen
Ovale: From the American Society of Echocardiography and Society for Cardiac Angiography …

Concentric tube robots are catheter-sized continuum robots that are well suited for minimally
invasive surgery inside confined body cavities. These robots are constructed from sets of …

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common abnormality affecting between 20% and 34% of
the adult population. For most people it is a benign finding; however, in some the PFO can …

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common benign finding in healthy subjects, but its
prevalence is higher in patients with stroke of unclear cause (cryptogenic stroke). PFO is …

Achieving superior outcomes through the use of robots in medical applications requires an
integrated approach to the design of the robot, tooling and the procedure itself. In this paper …

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common abnormality affecting between 20% and 34% of
the adult population. For most people, it is a benign finding; however, in some people, the …

Background Ustekinumab, a human immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody that binds to
and inhibits interleukin (IL)‐12/IL‐23, is indicated for multiple immune‐mediated diseases …

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is common and found in nearly 25% of healthy individuals.
The majority of patients with PFO remain asymptomatic and they are not at increased risk for …