Tag: left atrial appendage occlusion
Enrolment completed in CONFORM pivotal trial of LAAO system
Conformal Medical has announced the initiation of patient enrolment in the European Union (EU) for the CONFORM pivotal trial. The first EU procedure was...
AHA 2024: Five-year Amulet IDE data show similar outcomes with Amplatzer...
Latest data from the Amulet investigational device exemption (IDE) trial, comparing the Amplatzer Amulet (Abbott) left atrial appendage occluder (LAAO) to the first-generation Watchman...
Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion reduces thromboembolic stroke and mortality in...
Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is associated with a reduction of thromboembolism and all-cause mortality among older atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing cardiac...
Charity believes NHS programme will leave hundreds of atrial fibrillation patients...
Arrhythmia Alliance, the UK-based heart rhythm charity, is calling on NHS England to reconsider a programme that it says will mean the “hundreds” of...
Commissioning through evaluation for LAAO in England
Dhiraj Gupta (Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK) discusses NHS England's commissioning through evaluation for left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO). This programme is...