In a finding that may have implications for percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion devices, a single-center series suggests that removing or closing off the LAA during cardiac surgery for ...
WASHINGTON, DC—Closing off the left atrial appendage (LAA) as an add-on procedure while performing other cardiac surgery in patients with A-fib results in a reduction in risk of embolic stroke of ...
Medicare patients undergoing left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion with the Watchman device in routine practice tended to be sicker than the trial populations, translating into higher mortality rates ...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Innovation in left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) has reached the point that routine left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion has little to offer anymore in the way of ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AF recurrence after catheter ablation was not linked to adverse outcomes, but a nonsignificant trend for worse ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, those who had left ...
Initial results from more than 800 atrial fibrillation patients presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2016 indicate the AMPLATZER™ Amulet™ LAA Occluder is a safe alternative to ...
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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