In patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) despite standard treatment, additional electrical isolation of an area called the left atrial appendage (LAA) can improve freedom ...

Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist. Adjunctive left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation failed to increase the efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation ...

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 ...

A left atrial appendage closure is a procedure your doctor may recommend if: you have atrial fibrillation (also known as AF or AFib) or you are not a good candidate for taking blood thinner medication ...

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 ...

Patients who had leakage to the left atrial appendage due to incomplete device sealing after left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) experienced more clotting and bleeding events within a year ...

W.L. Gore & Associates announced today that it agreed to acquire left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) device maker Conformal Medical.

Left atrial appendage occlusion is a generally safe and effective procedure to lower the risk of stroke in people with atrial fibrillation. It closes or blocks off the left atrial appendage of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A decision model found that the relative clinical benefit of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) and oral anticoagulants (OAC) in patients with atrial fibrillation depends on the patients' baseline ...