An AFib medical device tested by Novant Health is now helping patients with the disease get off medication. Eva Ingram Robinson says her whole life changed once coming off a blood thinner for her ...

The WATCHMAN device is an LAA-occlusion device. It blocks the LAA (a small area within the left atrium) and prevents clots that form there from breaking off to the brain and causing a stroke.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year old woman with a prior history of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib). I’ve been in normal sinus rhythm since having two catheter ablations in 2018. I take ...

Shaped like a small jellyfish or pumpkin no bigger than the size of a ping pong ball, the WATCHMAN device helps prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) by sealing off part of the ...

A device called the Watchman could replace blood thinners as the therapy of choice for patients with atrial fibrillation if results from a study at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare prove fruitful.

The main concern with AFib is the elevated risk of stroke, which is where the Watchman device comes in. Since its FDA approval in March 2015, the Watchman has been implanted into nearly 50,000 ...

Many atrial fibrillation patients go on blood thinners, which can cause problems, ... But now she has a small device, the Watchman, in her heart and is no longer taking blood thinners.

He wanted that device -- called the Watchman. It's folded up and threaded up from the groin, through a major blood vessel and up to the heart. "Now, it's not easy to get to the appendage, because ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year old woman with a prior history of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib). I've been in normal sinus rhythm since having two catheter ablations in 2018. I take ...

Lawrence Keeley of Hatboro, Pa., is among the 3 to 6 million Americans with atrial fibrillation. ... For patients like Lawrence, a tiny umbrella-like device called the Watchman can be a solution.

A new device – the size of a quarter – is helping reduce the risk of stroke for those living with an irregular heartbeat. Millions of people in the U.S. suffer from atrial fibrillation, also ...