CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure led to less bleeding compared with oral anticoagulation, the ...

The current bias of medicine is strong. When we are in doubt, when evidence is sparse, doctors do more, not less. Internists prescribe, cardiologists implant, surgeons cut. We know what we know. So it ...

For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use of a device to close off the left atrial appendage in the heart—a small ...

For patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use of a device to close off the left atrial appendage in the heart—a small ...

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 ...

In this audio interview, Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin and Deputy Editor Jane Leopold discuss research being presented at the 2024 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Operators come to grips with LAA contractility in observational study ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Thirteen months after percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC), outcomes did not differ whether closure was performed using the Amulet (Abbott Cardiovascular) or the Watchman ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage closure was superior to anticoagulation for bleeding ...