1. VA St. Louis Healthcare System’s cardiology team performed the hospital’s first implants of the new Watchman Flx Pro left atrial appendage closure device, led by Army veteran Michael Schaeffer, MD, ...

The Heart Institute of East Texas proudly introduces the latest advancement in cardiac care with the implementation of the Watchman Flx Pro Left Atrial Appendage Occluder implantation technology. This ...

ST. CLOUD — CentraCare became the first in the world to use a 4D hologram to visualize a patient's organs during a structural heart procedure last month. By Thursday morning, Dr. Jacob Dutcher was ...

On Friday, Christus Heart Hospital celebrated their 1,000 Watchman procedure, which is used to treat atrial fibrillation, with cake. Christus Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital staff gathered to ...

The Banner North Colorado Medical Center has completed its 250th minimally invasive procedure for stroke prevention. David Bicknell, Banner Health cardiologist and electrophysiologist, finished the ...

In the first 3 years of the LAAO Registry, the Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device (Boston Scientific) was implanted with rates of in-hospital safety outcomes that were comparable to ...

VA St Louis Healthcare System’s cardiology team has performed the hospital’s first implants of the new Watchman FLX Pro left atrial appendage closure device. The cardiology team was led by Army ...

More than 8 million people in the U.S. take blood-thinning drugs to prevent life-threatening blood clots, but with that medication comes the potential for serious side effects such as severe bleeding, ...

Medical Center Hospital, along with the MCH Center for Heart Disease, are hosting a special celebration for its successful completion of TAVR and WATCHMAN procedures over the past three years. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved a second-generation left atrial appendage closure device for patients with nonvalvular ...

Boston Scientific also foresees future growth in its Watchman business from a planned label expansion and concomitant ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — A heart procedure that’s part of a new study looking at ways to fix atrial fibrillation without damaging healthy heart cells was done for the first time in the world at ...