The WATCHMAN™ left atrial appendage (LAA) closure implant is a permanent heart implant used to treat atrial fibrillation (afib) not caused by a heart valve problem.
McLaren Flint, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, has expanded its cardiovascular capabilities and, in doing so, became one of the first hospitals in the country to successfully implant a next-generation cardioverter-defibrillator for patients with dangerously fast or abnormal heart rhythms. McLaren Flint electrophysiologist Dr. Madar Abed was one of the first to implant the Aurora Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (EV-ICD) ™ for patients whose conditions affecting their heart’s e...
If you are experiencing episodes of a racing heart or extreme fluttering, you could have a serious condition called atrial fibrillation, which is often referred to as AFib. Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way. When a person has AFib, the normal beating in the upper chambers of the heart is irregular, and blood doesn’t flow as well as it should from the atria to the lower chambers of th...