Left atrial appendage closure increases acute atrial pressure without long-term structural impact. Learn more about these short-term effects.

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 ...

Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) was infrequently performed in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who refused oral anticoagulants yet was associated with a reduced risk for the composite of ...

Under the acquisition, Gore will inherit Conformal’s CLAAS AcuForm system for left atrial appendage closure to mitigate ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AF recurrence after catheter ablation was not linked to adverse outcomes, but a nonsignificant trend for worse ...

Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) released an updated expert consensus statement on transcatheter left atrial appendage ...

Global materials science company W. L. Gore & Associates has reached an agreement to acquire Conformal Medical, a medtech ...

Validation of the HFA-ICOS cardiovascular toxicity risk tool in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Real-world data from the Saudi population. This is an ASCO ...

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