CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk for stroke and bleeding, left atrial appendage occlusion was ...

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 ...

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Adding prophylactic left atrial appendage (LAA) closure to planned cardiac surgery was linked to lower stroke risk for patients without atrial fibrillation (Afib, or AF), based on a meta-analysis.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) don’t reduce device-related thrombosis (DRT) compared with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) following left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), but ...

Validation of the HFA-ICOS cardiovascular toxicity risk tool in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Real-world data from the Saudi population. This is an ASCO ...