An advanced Johns Hopkins AI model called MAARS combs through underused heart MRI scans and complete medical records to spot hidden scar patterns that signal sudden cardiac death, dramatically ...

The Heart Center at Physicians Regional offers a comprehensive range of cardiac care services, from preventative measures to ...

Multimodal AI for ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Stratification (MAARS), predicts individual patients' risk for sudden cardiac ...

An AFib medical device tested by Novant Health is now helping patients with the disease get off medication. Eva Ingram ...

The WATCHMAN is a device about the size of a quarter. It's implanted via catheter through a vein in the upper leg and placed in the heart's left atrial appendage, where more than 90 percent of ...

TAMPA, Fla., June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The heart care experts at the Pepin Heart Institute, a part of AdventHealth Tampa, are now the first in the Tampa Bay area to complete 1,000 WATCHMAN ...

The "watchman left atrial appendage" device is a one-time implant placed inside a small pouch in the patient’s heart, helping reduce the risk of stroke from blood clot formation.

The WATCHMAN device is an LAA-occlusion device. It blocks the LAA (a small area within the left atrium) and prevents clots that form there from breaking off to the brain and causing a stroke.

During a Watchman procedure, doctors operate to install the device into someone’s heart. The Watchman may cause a reduction in the risk of ischemic stroke in people with NVAF. It may also reduce ...

Do you think I am a good candidate for the Watchman? — L.M. Dear L.M.: There's a lot to explain here. The most important is that AFib, a common rhythm disorder, increases the risk of stroke.