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 ...

Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is a procedure doctors can use to prevent blood clots that may lead to a stroke. It blocks off an area of the heart where up to 90% of blood clots form in ...

Artificial intelligence can cut the diagnosis of blood clots in the lungs to a few minutes, instead of hours. And an ...

The milestone left atrial appendage closure was completed by Dr. Yohannes Bayissa and Dr. Atish Mathur, ... "Wherever that blood clot goes, it can interrupt circulation and cause damage." ...

DOACs may work better than warfarin to prevent blood clots. ... A left atrial appendage (LAA) device can lower your risk of stroke without the long-term use of blood thinners.

LAA Closure eliminates the source of potential clot formation and thereby offers a safer alternative to lifelong anticoagulation therapy for someone at high risk of both stroke and bleeding.

During ablation, a catheter is fed into the heart through the groin area using a minimally invasive approach and delivers ...

In NVAF, blood clots can form in a part of the heart called the left atrial appendage (LAA). The Watchman device closes off the LAA and prevents blood clots from leaving the heart.

Atrial fibrillation is a common type of heart rhythm disorder where the heart doesn't beat efficiently. This makes the heart unable to pump enough blood out to the body with each heartbeat. It's ...

If about 10% of blood clots originate outside the LAA, does this not suggest that a WATCHMAN should be less protective than anticoagulation, in spite of the study results?

What is a blood clot? Blood clots begin forming when a blood vessel is damaged and nearby cell fragments (called platelets) begin clumping together and adhering to a protein in the blood known as ...

“If you have any risk factors for DVT, talk to your doctor about precautions you can take prior to long-distance travel,” ...