St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne is the first hospital in Bucks County to implant the new Watchman FLX Pro Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device.
The device features the latest LAAC technology, designed to reduce stroke risk and serve as an alternative to the lifelong use of blood thinners for people with atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem (also known as nonvalvular AF or NVAF).
The Watchman FLX Pro implantation procedure was performed on May 1 by Dr. Syed Hussain, an interventional cardiologist at St. Mary. Since the initial procedure, an additional 17 Watchman FLX Pro implants have been performed on patients at St. Mary.
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