Midland Memorial Health is now offering a new procedure called Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. Doctor Sulay Patel will be ...

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For patients with atrial fibrillation, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke is limited by the risk of bleeding. Left atrial appendage closure is considered for patients who are ...

A new, minimally invasive heart procedure will soon be available at Midland Memorial Hospital, offering an important option ...

The implant is aimed at patients who cannot safely stay on long-term blood thinners.

For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use ...

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Cardiology is on the brink of making a big mistake. Our embrace of percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage as a means of reducing stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) ...