Left atrial appendage (LAA) percutaneous closure surgery lowers your stroke risk by lowering the risk of blood clots forming in part of your heart. Surgery is just one treatment for AFib, along ...

THE preoperative clinical diagnosis of left atrial thrombi is difficult. A history of systemic embolization does not necessarily indicate the presence of an atrial thrombus. A reliable method of di ...

The Amulet and Watchman FLX devices for left atrial appendage closure produced equivalent results, with about half of patients having residual patency of the appendage at 13 months, a study shows.

TCT 712: Device Related Thrombus Following Watchman FLX Placement for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Meta-Analysis of Pooled Incidence and Clinical Outcomes Receive the the latest news, research, ...

Boston Scientific has obtained an FDA green light for the latest version of its Watchman heart implant, designed to help lower the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Source Reference: Wong GX, et al "Transcatheter exclusion of the left atrial appendage: preclinical and early clinical results with the Laminar device" JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j ...

More information: Xinqiang Han et al, Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Therapy: Past, Present, and Future, Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (2023). DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2023.0026 ...

The left atrial appendage: anatomy, function, and noninvasive evaluation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2014;7:1251–65. C Pollick, D Taylor. Assessment of left atrial appendage function by transesophageal ...

Determinants of Left Atrial Appendage Dense Spontaneous Echo Contrast or Thrombus. In the univariate logistic regression analysis, LAA dense SEC or thrombus was significantly associated with various ...

Objective: Delayed enhancement cardiac CT is a reliable tool for the diagnosis of left atrial appendage thrombus but limited for scanning heterogeneity. We aimed to explore the improvement of the 1 ...

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 ...

Alkhouli will present the study, "Residual Leaks Post Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion," on Sunday, April 3, at 12:15 p.m. ET / 16:15 UTC in the Main Tent, Hall D. Source: American College of ...