CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Local doctors are using a new device to help prevent strokes. The device is in use by a team at the Mercy Health Jewish Hospital and a few others in the local area. It works in a ...

Apr. 9—Medical Center Hospital is proud to announce that Dr. Manohar Angirekula, Dr. Adam Farber and Dr. Fernando Boccalandro successfully implanted the first WATCHMAN FLX Pro Device on April 1. MCH ...

Shaped like a small jellyfish or pumpkin no bigger than the size of a ping pong ball, the WATCHMAN device helps prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) by sealing off part of the ...

Medicare covers Watchman surgery if it is deemed medically necessary to reduce stroke risk in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Medicare parts A and B and Medicare Advantage may cover ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year old woman with a prior history of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib). I’ve been in normal sinus rhythm since having two catheter ablations in 2018. I take Eliquis ...

A device smaller than a quarter is giving heart patients a new lease on life. The Watchman device is implanted in the heart to prevent blood clots from forming without the need of blood thinners. This ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Two mainstream devices for percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure continued to lead to similar clinical outcomes in the SWISS-APERO trial. Among patients randomized to the ...

A Watchman is a device that can help prevent blood clots from leaving the heart. However, the procedure to insert the device carries its risks, including cardiac tamponade and ischemic stroke. The ...

Leakage into the left atrial appendage (LAA) due to incomplete closure with the Watchman device occurs in about one-third of patients out to 12 months. However, these cases do not cause any increase ...

WILKES-BARRE, PA. (WPVI) -- A few weeks ago, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney had cardiac ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation. There are several other approaches to a-fib, including a device ...

More special care is needed when using the Watchman access systems used to deliver transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure devices due to a risk for air embolisms, according to an FDA alert.