PROTECT AF Results Show Long-Term Efficacy Of Watchman LAA Closure Device

Boston Scientific is highlighting a secondary-endpoint analysis showing that the left-atrial appendage closure device reduced all-cause death by 34 percent. The company plans to submit a PMA for the device by the end of the second quarter.

Four-year follow-up data from the PROTECT AF

clinical trial demonstrated that Boston Scientific Corp.’s Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients is statistically superior to warfarin for the primary...

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