Long-Term Analysis Shows Boston Scientific’s Watchman Device Saves Money

An analysis of pooled five-year data from the PROTECT AF and PREVAIL trials, show left-atrial appendage closure to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation is not only cost‐effective compared to treatment with warfarin and other anticoagulant drugs, but saves money over time.

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Boston Scientific Corp.’s Watchman left-atrial appendage closure device is not only a cost-effective alternative to warfarin or other anticoagulant drugs for patients with atrial fibrillation, but can be cost-saving over time, a new analysis shows.

Vivek Reddy of the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and colleagues analyzed the cost-effectiveness of reducing stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation with Watchman as an alternative to...

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