Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center reached a significant milestone this week by successfully performing their 300th procedure ...

A Watchman is a device that can help prevent blood clots from leaving the heart. However, the procedure to insert the device carries its risks, including cardiac tamponade and ischemic stroke.

My doctor told me about the OPTION clinical trial and suggested that I consider a WATCHMAN device. Can you comment ... the source of the clot by cardiac surgery, echocardiogram and autopsy studies.

which is where the Watchman device comes in. Since its FDA approval in March 2015, the Watchman has been implanted into nearly 50,000 patients. “This is a model of the heart here, where we kind of ...

On the strength of that trial, the recent American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association ACS guidelines ... the researchers cite 2017 data showing that roughly 3.4 Watchman devices were ...

Enloe Health has introduced a new heart procedure, the Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) surgery, or the "Watchman ...

My doctor told me about the OPTION clinical trial and suggested that I consider a WATCHMAN device. Can you comment ... the source of the clot by cardiac surgery, echocardiogram and autopsy studies.

The WATCHMAN device is a tiny implant that closes off an area of the heart called the left atrial appendage to keep harmful blood clots from entering the blood stream and potentially causing a stroke.

My doctor told me about the OPTION clinical trial and suggested that I consider a Watchman device. Can you comment ... the source of the clot by cardiac surgery, echocardiogram and autopsy studies.