A device smaller than a quarter is giving heart patients a new lease on life. The Watchman device is implanted in the heart to prevent blood clots from forming without the need of blood thinners. This ...
The Cottage Heart & Vascular Center’s structural heart team at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (SBCH) recently performed their 1,000th WATCHMAN device procedure, a minimally invasive solution for ...
Michelle Judy, the structural heart coordinator, holds up the box for the WATCHMAN FLX Pro Device as interventional cardiologist Dr. Fernando Boccalandro explains what it does at Medical Center ...
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulatory staff expressed concern about several issues with Atritech Inc's data for its Watchman heart device to prevent blood clots, including the types ...
A new study by a Yale researcher may support the use of a device for patients suffering from irregular heart rhythms. The Watchman is a catheter-delivered device that is permanently implanted in the ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lovelace Heart Hospital is celebrating the new addition of their 1,000th heart device. Called the Watchman, the device offers patients who have heart problems, like ...