TidalHealth Peninsula Regional has completed its 700th WATCHMAN procedure, offering stroke‑risk reduction for atrial ...

Kadlec Regional Medical Center is now providing the WATCHMAN device, a heart implant designed to prevent strokes in people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) not linked to heart ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles cardiac specialist said a newly approved device may be life changing for many patients with irregular heart rhythms. The newly FDA-approved Watchman device is a ...

"My mother died from a stroke at a very young age," says David Struthers, 63, of Vancouver. "She was a very loving and intelligent mom, and it's sad that my kids never had the chance to know her." ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Nearly six million Americans suffer from Atrial fibrillation. It's the most common type of irregular heartbeat. A common treatment is blood thinners but those don't work for ...

BOSTON, MA—Patients who develop thrombus on the Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device (Boston Scientific) carry a greater risk of stroke or systemic embolism, and there are hints of a ...

For PREVAIL, investigators led by David R. Holmes Jr, MD, of the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), randomized patients with nonvalvular A-fib and either a CHADS2 score of at least 2 or a score of 1 plus ...

A meta-analysis of the data surrounding Boston Scientific's ($BSX) recently approved stroke-preventing Watchman device concluded that it reduces risk of death from ...

Boston Scientific ($BSX) finally won FDA approval for its stroke-fighting Watchman device after setbacks and rejections in 2010 and 2014. The device was approved for ...

The newer-generation Watchman device was associated with sustained safety and efficacy out to 2 years when implanted in people at high thromboembolic risk, the PINNACLE FLX IDE study group reported.

The Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device (Boston Scientific) is associated with low 1-year stroke rates, despite being used commercially in older, sicker patients than seen in pivotal ...

Over six million people in the U.S. suffer from atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm of the heart. That can be life-threatening as it contributes to the risk of a stroke. But a new procedure now ...