Don't Let Your Doctor Skip This AFib Option

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]That's where the Watchman consistently shows its strongest [music] net benefit.

[00:00:05]If your stroke risk score is very high, say [music] five or above, the data right now says stay on your blood thinners. A new trial called the left [music] atrial appendage occlusion trial as four is currently enrolling to give us better [music] answers for that group. If you've been told you're a candidate for the Watchman device, don't panic and don't dismiss it either.

[00:00:27]Here's what I want you to do. [music] Number one, ask your cardiologist, "What is my CHADS-VASc score [music] and what is my HAS-BLED score?" Those two numbers together tell you more about the Watchman and whether the [music] Watchman makes sense for you more than almost anything else.