The company said it will seek an expanded indication for the left atrial appendage closure device after it met all safety and ...

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

In one of the largest studies of its kind, a trial of Boston Scientific’s small, permanent cardiac implant showed that it could potentially serve as an alternative to long-term blood thin | Boston ...

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

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

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 ...

A liquid injected into the heart that sets like a gel could one day prevent strokes caused by atrial fibrillation, animal tests suggest.

Writer/director Anna Zlokovic first delivered audiences the disturbing short film “Appendage” back in 2021, though since first diving into the world of anxieties manifesting themselves as literal ...