structural heart disease

LiveSmart: MitraClip – A Powerful Treatment for Leaky Hearts

February 6, 2019

For patients who are not candidates for open-heart surgery to repair a leaky mitral valve, MitraClip therapy is a new option. [...]

LiveSmart: WATCHMAN Offers Heart Patients a New Look at Life

February 6, 2019

The WATCHMAN is an implant, roughly the size of a quarter, which offers patients at risk for a stroke a new outlook at life. [...]

SPHP Preventing Strokes with the WATCHMAN Device

February 5, 2019

The WATCHMAN device now offered at St. Peter's Hospital

St. Peter's Hospital is now offering the WATCHMAN device to patients with atrial fibrillation not caused by a valve problem. The device helps prevent stroke in at-risk patients and is an alternative to blood thinners. [...]