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 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. [...]