MIAMI BEACH, FLA.—Two presentations at TCT 2012 demonstrated that use of the Watchman device for left atrial appendage (LAA) closure in patients contraindicated for warfarin is safe and feasible. The ...

A device smaller than a quarter is giving heart patients a new lease on life. The Watchman device is implanted in the heart to prevent blood clots from forming without the need of blood thinners. This ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Cardiologists at Baton Rouge General performed a first of it’s kind, heart implant surgery in Baton Rouge on Thursday. The Watchman is for a specific patient with atrial ...

A new medical procedure that could help millions of Americans is being performed for the first time in Cincinnati.The FDA recently approved a device called the Watchman.Watch this storyDoctors said ...

Atrial fibrillation, or "AFib" for short, affects about 2.5 million Americans. Patients with the heart condition are five times more likely to have a stroke. Now, a new device is "watching out" for ...

Carol Harman was tired of the frequent blood tests required during the conventional drug treatment for her heart condition. So, when her doctors at Moffitt Heart and Vascular Group announced a study ...

Fe Almo enjoys "taking it easy" by going to dinners, gardening and venturing on occasional cruise vacations. But for two years, a life-threatening heart condition prevented the retiree from an active ...

Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) with the Watchman device can be safely performed without a warfarin transition, and is a reasonable alternative for patients with atrial ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, are at increased risk for stroke.Many of them go on blood thinners, which can cause problems. But there is a relatively new device that is being used ...

Back in March, we reported about a new state-of-the-art medical procedure being done for the first time at Christus Spohn Shoreline Hospital. The three patients who underwent that surgical procedure ...