Real-world experience with the new Watchman FLX device: Data from two high-volume Sicilian centers. The FLX-iEST registry.

Giampiero VizzariCarmelo GrassoAndrea SardonePaolo MazzoneGiulia LaterraMarco FrazzettoGiorgio SacchettaAntonio MicariCorrado TamburinoMarco Contarini

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2022)

Our registry showed a high procedural success rate of the Watchman-FLX in a high-risk population. According to our experience, the main advantages include easy implanting and repositioning, absence of embolization, good LAA sealing, and low rate of complications in the follow-up period.

Keyphrases

left atrial appendage
electronic health record
risk factors
atrial fibrillation
machine learning
data analysis