This video offers an overview of the Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder system,...
Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders
This channel includes news and new technology innovations about Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders. These close off the LAA in patients with atrial fibrillation to prevent the formation of stroke-causing clots than embolize to brain.
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Ashish Pershad, M.D., medical director, structural heart program,...
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Dee Dee Wang, M.D., director, structural heart imaging at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, explains how her...
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Vivek Reddy, M.D., director of cardiac arrhythmia services and professor of medicine, cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, N.Y., explains the latest Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder...
Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | April 25, 2019
This video offers an overview of the Watchman...
Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | October 01, 2018
News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | June 26, 2018
June 26, 2018 — MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute physicians participating in a...
A slide image from Reddy's presntation at Heart Rhythm 2018, showing thrombus formation on the face of a Watchman device in an echo image.
Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 — Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with the transcatheter Watchman device prevents thromboembolism...
Technology | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | February 22, 2018
February 22, 2018 — AtriCure Inc. announced that it has launched the AtriClip FLEX•V...
News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | January 18, 2018
January 18, 2018 – Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies announced that Biosense Webster, Inc., a...
Videos | Medical 3-D Printing | November 17, 2017
Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | November 14, 2017
Vivek Reddy, M.D., director of cardiac arrhythmia services and professor of medicine, cardiology, Mount Sinai...
LAA closure during open heart surgery in the LAACS Study showed better outcomes for all patients.
Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | September 07, 2017
September 7, 2017 — Closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) during heart surgery protects the brain, according to...
News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | April 25, 2017
April 25, 2017 — AtriCure Inc. announced it has sold more than 100,000 AtriClip Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion...
The AtriCure Atriclip surgical LAA occlusion device. It loops over the LAA on the outside of the heart and clips it off from the rest of the heart to prevent the formation of clots.
Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017 — For patients with...
Technology | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017 — Aegis Medical Innovations Inc. announced that it has received Investigational Device Exemption...
Dr. Dee Dee Wang with part of Henry Ford Hospital's collection of 3-D printed hearts used for education and to preplan structural heart procedures.
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing | March 03, 2017
March 3, 2017 — A Henry Ford Hospital study found a 100 percent success rate in left atrial appendage (LAA)...
News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | January 06, 2017
January 6, 2017 — SentreHeart Inc. announced that it has completed the Stage I enrollment milestone in the aMAZE...
Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | November 07, 2016
November 7, 2016 – Results from the U.S. real-world, post-FDA approval experience of the Watchman device found high...
