Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and remains a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality worldwide. A central focus of current research is the left ...

Heart doctors at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital this month celebrated their 500th procedure to help reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The milestone left atrial appendage ...

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 ...

The current bias of medicine is strong. When we are in doubt, when evidence is sparse, doctors do more, not less. Internists prescribe, cardiologists implant, surgeons cut. We know what we know. So it ...

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Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, has successfully performed a complex and advanced cardiac procedure combining Transcatheter ...

TCT 1508: Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve-in-Valve Procedure With Double Balloon Valve Fracture and Iatrogenic ASD Requiring Emergency Percutaneous Closure Receive ...

The Cottage Heart & Vascular Center’s structural heart team at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (SBCH) recently performed their 1,000th WATCHMAN device procedure, a minimally invasive solution for ...

Like a ticking time bomb, a deadly malady waits inside thousands of Indiana patients. People with non-valvular atrial fibrillation know that they have a common heart rhythm disorder and that the issue ...