MedTech Dive

Edwards wins FDA clearance for LAA clip, setting up competition with AtriCure and Medtronic

Edwards Lifesciences is expected to introduce the new device to surgical heart valve customers this year in a “measured, targeted rollout,” one analyst said.
Medical Dialogues

Pre-LAAO Pulsed-Field Ablation May Reduce Peridevice Leaks in Atrial Fibrillation: Study

USA: Findings from the nonrandomized STUN-AF study suggest that, among patients undergoing concomitant pulsed-field ablation ...

"We Can Tell Before the Heart Is Damaged"... Indicator Proposed to Predict End-Stage Progression in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

A new echocardiographic marker has been proposed that can help predict in advance the severe decline in heart function seen ...
Nature

Left Atrial Mechanics in Heart Failure Evaluation

The left atrium plays a pivotal role in cardiac performance by coordinating three mechanical phases: reservoir filling during ventricular systole, conduit flow in early diastole, and booster-pump ...
Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI)

Edwards Lifesciences Crashes the LAA Party: Can the TAVR Giant Compete?

Edwards Lifesciences secures FDA clearance for its ECLIPTIS Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion System, entering a competitive ...
TCTMD

Left Atrial Dysfunction Tied to Cerebral Infarcts in Absence of Prior AF, Stroke

For individuals without a prior history of atrial fibrillation or stroke, left atrial (LA) dysfunction is more tightly linked to risk of having an ischemic stroke than LA size, according to an ...
TCTMD

STUN-AF: Ablation Before LAAO May Reduce Peridevice Leaks

The approach should be considered to prevent leaks, which have been tied to increased stroke risks, Vivek Reddy says.
Medical Xpress

Multi-society recommendations to guide transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have published the first rigorous, evidence-based, multisociety recommendations to guide the use of ...
Medical Xpress

To have or not to have... your left atrial appendage closed

Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people have heart surgery. To reduce risk of stroke for their patients, surgeons often will close the left atrial appendage, which is a small sac in the left ...
Nature

Left Atrial Volume Assessment in Cardiovascular Health

The left atrium serves as a critical reservoir, conduit and contractile chamber within the cardiac cycle, and its size reflects both pressure and volume changes in the left ventricle. Enlargement of ...
Healio

Left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery reduces stroke risk

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion reduced ischemic stroke by 33%. After the first high-risk ...
Healio

Left atrial appendage closure may not confer benefit vs. drug therapy in high-risk AF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk for stroke and bleeding, left atrial appendage occlusion was ...