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Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist. Adjunctive left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation failed to increase the efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation ...
PHOENIX -- A novel transcatheter device that twists the left atrial appendage (LAA) closed from the inside appeared safe in first-in-human results. Among 15 atrial fibrillation patients who received ...
Competition in the left atrial appendage (LAA) closure market intensified this week, once again, with Johnson & Johnson’s acquisition of Laminar, a Santa Rosa, California-based company that is ...
A left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device provides long-term thromboembolic protection that is equivalent to direct oral anticoagulants after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), along with a ...
Left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus is commonly detected in patients being considered for TAVR and dislodgement of the clot possibly represents an additional mechanism for periprocedural stroke, ...