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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Data also demonstrates that the stroke risk reduction device is as effective as oral anticoagulants for patients with atrial fibrillation following a cardiac ablation The trial met the primary safety ...

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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 ...

Global materials science company W. L. Gore & Associates has reached an agreement to acquire Conformal Medical, a medtech ...

Study will assess the Company's Next-Generation device under Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) imaging for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) procedures. "Simplified sizing and ease of use ...