In the Japanese multicenter registry, detectable leaks at Watchman device implantation were linked with a significant ...

More special care is needed when using the Watchman access systems used to deliver transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure devices due to a risk for air embolisms, according to an FDA alert.

Yet 44% of the high-risk patients, from LAAO’s early era, died by 5 years—researchers say this knowledge can aid ...

The US Food and Drug Administration recently published an alert regarding Boston Scientific’s Watchman product, a heart ...

The update covers devices used in procedures to implant the company’s Watchman heart device.

The specifics surrounding the incidents involve the access systems used during implantation procedures for sedated patients ...

The ink is barely dry on the draft Medicare physician fee schedule for 2026, but three cardiology societies blasted the draft for cutting rates for left atrial appendage closure procedures – a move ...

The document was designed to promote standardization and identify future research goals in this rapidly-growing field.

Cardiology societies are objecting to the looming reduction for Watchman, but some experts say the intervention is already ...

Two professional societies issued the first major set of evidence-based guidelines to define best practices in the use of ...