A team at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, led by Dr. Kenneth Liao, successfully performed the first fully robotic heart ...

TEXARKANA, Texas (KSLA) - CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System is implementing a new heart procedure. Electrophysiologist Dr. Kevin Hayes says the Watchman procedure involves placing a permanent implant ...

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.

Robert Eckart, MD, shown here with Sarasota Memorial Hospital's cardiac team, celebrating two medical milestones. The Sarasota, Fla. electrophysiologist completed his 1,500th case at SMH on Feb. 5 ...

WellSpan Health – The Watchman Device Gives Cardiac Patients New Found Hope by: Hugh Hegarty Posted: Jan 29, 2025 / 01:56 PM EST Updated: Jan 29, 2025 / 01:56 PM EST ...

On Jan. 13, Mitchell Salloumbecame the first person to receive a Watchman heart implant in Wyoming. The procedure was performed by cardiologist Adrian Fluture at Casper’s Wyoming Medical Center.

The Watchman procedure helps those with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Medicare covers the surgery for eligible beneficiaries. AFib is a common heart rhythm disorder consisting of rapid and irregular ...

The trial met the primary safety endpoint of non-procedural major bleeding or clinically relevant non-major bleeding at 36 months, with the WATCHMAN FLX device demonstrating superiority to OAC (8. ...

The WATCHMAN implant does not cure AFib, and it should not be placed in a patient whose AFib is related to heart valve disease, Cottage Health said.

The cardiology team was led by Army veteran Michael Schaeffer, MD, director of the invasive cardiology program, according to a Sept. 23 press release. The Watchman reduces stroke risk and serves as an ...

The WATCHMAN Implant is a device that is inserted into the heart and designed to reduce the risk of strokes as well as get patients off blood thinners. According to Dr. Michael Cunningham, the ...