Global materials science company W. L. Gore & Associates has reached an agreement to acquire Conformal Medical, a medtech ...

Left atrial appendage closure increases acute atrial pressure without long-term structural impact. Learn more about these ...

A steady stream of structural trial data, approvals, reimbursement decisions, and real-world rollouts arrived in 2025.

BARCELONA, Spain—Another small, proof-of-concept trial is suggesting that surgical closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) during cardiac surgery can protect against postoperative cerebral ischemia ...

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CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure led to less bleeding compared with oral anticoagulation, the ...

The current bias of medicine is strong. When we are in doubt, when evidence is sparse, doctors do more, not less. Internists prescribe, cardiologists implant, surgeons cut. We know what we know. So it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a head-to-head comparison of two left atrial appendage closure devices for patients with atrial fibrillation, ...

A major downside for percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAC) is that it leaves a foreign body within the left atrium. Foreign bodies in the arterial circulation raise concern over thrombus ...

Closure of the left atrial appendage during heart surgery protects the brain, according to new research. The results suggest that closure should be routinely added to open heart surgery. Closure of ...

Each year in the US, 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 ...