No benefit in terms of prevention of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack and cardiovascular mortality after 1 year was observed when surgical left atrial appendage occlusion was performed in ...

Discover how atrial appendage occlusion may lower bleeding and death in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation. Find out ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and remains a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality worldwide. A central focus of current research is the left ...

The 66-year-old man has faced cancer, cardiac emergencies and open heart surgery at Norton Healthcare in the past 10 years.

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 ...

No benefit in terms of prevention of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack and cardiovascular mortality after 1 year was observed when surgical left atrial appendage occlusion was performed in ...

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 ...

The Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group has added Michael Halista, MD, according to a Sept. 16 report from South Florida Hospital News.  Dr. Halista is an interventional and structural ...

MicroPort CardioFlow's Alwide Plus balloon catheter has received CE mark approval, clearing the company to market the device ...

The fresh funding will support pivotal trials in progress and commercialization preparations at the two heart-focused companies.