Good Samaritan Medical Center offers new stroke prevention procedure

Good Samaritan Medical Center completes its first WATCHMAN FLX Pro heart device implant, offering AFib patients new stroke ...

Austin heart doctors gave the world a live look inside the operating room

Every other year, about 1,600 cardiac electrophysiologists from around the world tune into an operating room at St. David's ...
Medical Xpress

TAVR and Watchman procedures together yield similar outcomes to blood thinners after TAVR for atrial fibrillation

Findings from a trial led by Cleveland Clinic show that patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at the same time as a left atrial appendage ...
WKRG

Pensacola hospital pioneers procedure to help heart patients: ASHP

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola reportedly performed the city’s first procedure implanting a new device to help those with heart problems. The WATCHMAN PRO procedure, “helps ...
MD&M East

The Approvals Keep Rolling in for Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific has been on quite a roll lately – when it comes down to nods from FDA. The Marlborough, MA-based company recently announced it received approval for the latest-generation Watchman ...
AOL

Does Medicare cover Watchman surgery?

Medicare covers the Watchman procedure for eligible beneficiaries with nonvalvular AFib. To qualify for Medicare coverage, people must meet specific criteria, including having nonvalvular AFib, being ...
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Boston Scientific (BSX) WATCHMAN FLX Pro Gets FDA Approval

Boston Scientific, Inc. BSX recently announced receiving the FDA approval for the latest-generation WATCHMAN FLX Pro Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device. The latest device is intended to ...