Therapeutics: News and Research on Left Atrial Appendage Closure

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Left atrial appendage closure noninferior to blood thinners for lowering stroke risk, death in some patients with AFib

For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use of a device to close off the left atrial appendage in the heart—a small pouch where blood can pool ...

Mar 31, 2026

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Multi-society recommendations to guide transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have published the first rigorous, evidence-based, multisociety recommendations to guide the use of transcatheter left atrial ...

Aug 8, 2025

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