CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure led to less bleeding compared with oral anticoagulation, the ...

On the first day of the 2016 CardioStim sessions, I am happy to report a "positive" study on percutaneous left atrial appendage closure [1]. Notice I did not write Watchman. In Europe, the majority of ...

The current bias of medicine is strong. When we are in doubt, when evidence is sparse, doctors do more, not less. Internists prescribe, cardiologists implant, surgeons cut. We know what we know. So it ...

With nine new procedures cleared for the da Vinci 5 robot, Intuitive’s strategy includes working with a limited number of U.S ...

Heart doctors at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital this month celebrated their 500th procedure to help reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The milestone left atrial appendage ...

Erlanger Cardiology completed the first in Chattanooga concomitant left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) and cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib) on Nov. 23. Officials said, "This is an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . OPTION is a head-to-head trial of left atrial appendage closure with Watchman FLX vs. anticoagulation after ...

Intuitive Surgical has received FDA clearance for cardiac procedures using the da Vinci 5 surgical robot, according to a Jan. 26 report from Mass Device. The new cardiac clearances cover mitral valve ...

In the PROTECT AF trial, patients randomized to left atrial appendage closure initially continued taking warfarin and aspirin to promote device endothelialization. At 45 days after the procedure, 86.8 ...

First and only steerable delivery system designed to help seal the left atrial appendage (LAA) in people with atrial fibrillation who are at an increased risk of stroke Now available in the U.S., ...

For older people with irregular heart rhythms who are at high risk of stroke and bleeding, standard care (including the use of blood thinners when indicated) was found to be the better choice compared ...