LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles cardiac specialist said a newly approved device may be life changing for many patients with irregular heart rhythms. The newly FDA-approved Watchman device is a ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - Singing River Health System celebrated its 400th WATCHMAN Implant procedure at Ocean Springs Hospital on Tuesday. The WATCHMAN Implant is a device that is inserted into ...

The Cottage Heart & Vascular Center’s structural heart team at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (SBCH) recently performed their 1,000th WATCHMAN device procedure, a minimally invasive solution for ...

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Fe Almo enjoys "taking it easy" by going to dinners, gardening and venturing on occasional cruise vacations. But for two years, a life-threatening heart condition prevented the retiree from an active ...

Your heart may flip flop, miss a beat, and you may get lightheaded and weak. If that's the case, you may be suffering from a common but sometimes deadly problem called atrial fibrillation. Right now ...

ZANESVILLE – Genesis HealthCare System’s Heart and Vascular team recently performed the 300th WATCHMAN Implant procedure. The WATCHMAN Implant is completed through a minimally invasive procedure and ...

Surgeons at two Southern California hospitals on Monday implanted a controversial heart device that struggled for years to gain the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Watchman ...

Atrial fibrillation is a condition that affects a large number of the population, causing fatigue, shortness of breath, heart palpitations and could eventually lead to stroke. Mercy Health has a safer ...

SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) — Some cardiologists say it's a game changer: a tiny implant that could help some heart patients get off blood thinners for good. Mary Thomeson, 77, is among the first ...