It’s 23 years since Nikky Smedley made her debut on TV as Laa-Laa, the kindest (and yellowest) of the Teletubbies, those cuddly alien-like creatures who turned children’s television on its head across ...
The Los Angeles Angels have wrapped up their breakup with Anthony Rendon, the main character of the leading 'malicious ...
A former Teletubbies actress has revealed exactly what it was like working "long days" in her iconic fuzzy yellow costume. Nikky Smedley, who played Laa Laa in the hit 90s children's show has opened ...
Through adversity and uncertainty, Brookhaven-area ‘s Latin American Association strives to be a safe place where families in ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medtronic announced the launch of its LAA exclusion system in the U.S. after its August 2023 FDA clearance. The ...
Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist. Adjunctive left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation failed to increase the efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation ...
A left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device provides long-term thromboembolic protection that is equivalent to direct oral anticoagulants after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), along with a ...
ORLANDO, FL—(UPDATED) The Amplatzer Amulet device (Abbott) seals off the left atrial appendage (LAA) better than the Watchman 2.5 or Watchman FLX devices (Boston Scientific) in patients with atrial ...
An observational study linked percutaneous LAA occlusion peridevice leaks, whether larger or smaller than 3 mm, with stroke and other adverse events. Researchers highlighted the clinical significance ...
In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing initial catheter ablation, the addition of left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation with the Lariat system (AtriCure) did not improve ...
A one-year-old dog was left at the doorstep of a local animal care and control center — and is now looking for a forever home. Laa-Laa is a pit bull mix who was abandoned at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg ...
Oral anticoagulation, using apixaban, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, or warfarin is the first-line therapy for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), an approach limited by an ...