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AF ablation Atrial fibrillation Dabigatran/Rivaroxaban/Apixaban General Cardiology

Say No to Watchman

Cardiology is on the brink of making a big mistake. We have embraced a new procedure called left atrial appendage occlusion. You may be seeing the ads for a device called Watchman. Like this one> The appendage-closure idea was a good one: during atrial fibrillation (AF), blood can pool in the left atrial appendage, and […]