Concerns about the lack of balanced information provided about left atrial appendage (LAA) closure procedures on the web pages of top US hospitals have been raised by a new study. The researchers ...

Standard care, which included medication for those eligible, was better than a promising minimally invasive procedure for people with irregular heart rhythms who had high stroke and bleeding risk. The ...

WASHINGTON, DC — In a large observational study of Medicare patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who had CABG or heart-valve surgery, those who had surgical left atrial appendage (LAA) closure at ...

For older people with irregular heart rhythms who are at high risk of stroke and bleeding, standard care (including the use of blood thinners when indicated) was found to be the better choice compared ...