{"id":918467,"date":"2020-08-27T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T17:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=918467"},"modified":"2020-08-28T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T17:58:03","slug":"ut-health-tyler-offers-new-procedure-to-help-reduce-stroke-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=918467","title":{"rendered":"UT Health Tyler offers new procedure to help reduce stroke risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/08\/UT-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-918475\" \/>TYLER &#8212; The cardiology team at UT Health Tyler has successfully completed its first implantation of the Watchman\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 left atrial appendage closure device. The minimally-invasive procedure helps reduce the risk of stroke in patients who suffer from non-valvular atrial fibrillation, commonly known as Afib. Afib is a common type of cardiac arrhythmia that affects more than 5 million Americans. Of the 795,000 Americans who experience a stroke annually, 20% occur in patients with Afib. Often, Afib-related strokes are more fatal and disabling. For more information about the stroke care and procedures offered, click the link. <a href=\"https:\/\/uthealtheasttexas.com\/services\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/uthealtheasttexas.com\/services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The cardiology team at UT Health Tyler has successfully completed its first implantation of the Watchman\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 left atrial appendage closure device. The minimally-invasive procedure helps reduce the risk of stroke in patients who suffer from non-valvular atrial fibrillation, commonly known as Afib. Afib is a common type of cardiac arrhythmia that affects more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=918467\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Health Tyler offers new procedure to help reduce stroke risk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 04:00:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=918467"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918477,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918467\/revisions\/918477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=918467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=918467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=918467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}