Pre-procedural TTE evaluation is mandatory to assess ... TEE and MSCT are crucial to define anatomy of left atrial appendage (LAA) that may be multilobated and very variable in size.

Left atrial appendage closure is an alternative strategy for stroke prophylaxis, Wazni and colleagues noted. "The safety and ...

Left atrial appendage closure is a mechanical alternative to anticoagulation, but data regarding its use after atrial fibrillation ablation are lacking. We conducted an international randomized ...

Abbott’s Amulet IDE trial put its left atrial appendage closure device up against the Watchman 2.5, which was approved by the ...

Atrial arrhythmias were found in 26% of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), with a significant association with stroke history. Early detection and treatment of atrial arrhythmias may help ...

Boston Scientific announced positive three-year primary endpoint results from a clinical trial of its Watchman FLX device.

Abbott has reported late-breaking five-year positive data from a trial of its Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage (LAA) ...

Compared with the continuation of oral anticoagulation therapy alone, left atrial appendage occlusion was associated with a reduced risk for ischemic stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial ...

The OPTION trial showed that left atrial appendage closure after AF ablation was associated with a lower risk of non–procedure-related major or clinically relevant nonmajor bleeding compared with oral ...

In this audio interview, Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin and Deputy Editor Jane Leopold discuss research being presented at the 2024 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

“We see limited engagement on these types of things from liberal spaces or left-leaning actors online,” Read told NBC News. “It’s a pretty insignificant level of discourse compared to the ...