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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each year in the US, more than 300,000 people have heart surgery. To reduce risk of stroke for their patients, surgeons often will close the left atrial appendage, which is a small sac in the left ...

Assessing the Impact of Hospital Volume Thresholds on In-Hospital Mortality Among Heart Transplant Patients: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample (2017-2021) Receive the the latest news, ...

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 ...

Convergent hybrid ablation is an innovative treatment for a type of irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AFib). The treatment is a two-stage procedure that combines the expertise of our ...

A medical procedure serving as an alternative to blood thinners for those with abnormal heart beats is now available to patients in the Great Falls area. Dr. Aldrich Gray of the Central Montana Heart ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-SentreHEART, Inc., announced it has received CE Mark for the LARIAT-RS™ 50mm as well as expanded labeling for the LARIAT-RS for left atrial appendage (LAA) exclusion. The new 50mm ...