For patients with atrial fibrillation, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke is limited by the risk of bleeding. Left atrial appendage closure is considered for patients who are ...

Physicians wrestled with endpoint composition, low event rates, a possible difference in ischemic strokes, and more.

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 ...

The noninferiority trial of patients at risk for both bleeding and stroke, in a surprise turn, found standard care to be ...

In patients with atrial fibrillation, those assigned left atrial appendage closure had similar ischemic outcomes and better bleeding outcomes compared with those assigned oral anticoagulation, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Atrial fibrillation is associated with increased risk for bleeding and stroke in patients undergoing TAVR. Left ...

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 ...

Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) with a WATCHMAN device was associated with a low rate of stroke at one year even among older patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who faced a ...

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 ...

Millions of people have a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, which causes the heart's upper chambers or atria ...