What is the WATCHMAN FLX™LAA Closure device? The WATCHMAN FLX™ device is a permanent implant designed to keep harmful blood clots from entering your blood stream, potentially causing a stroke. It is made from very light and compact materials commonly used in many other medical devices. ...
Dr. Khaldoun Tarakji is the CMO of the Cardiac Ablation Solutions operating unit at Medtronic. The medtech giant is in theprocess of completing a global clinical trial of its PulseSelect PFA system. It’s conducting the study in the U.S. under an FDA investigational device exemption. Medtron...
Second, it has become clear that both Watchman and Amulet have a significant risk of device-related thrombus, that is, the development of a clot on the surface of the device, which is subject to embolization and stroke. This is a huge drawback of the technology because it represents iatro...
Globally atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in adults and the number of patients affected continues to rise with a currently estimated life time risk of 1 in 3 [1]. This is partly secondary to overall ageing of the population and survival of patients with other ar...