卡德莱克医疗中心现提供Watchman设备，这是一种为无法服用抗凝药的心房颤动患者预防中风植入装置。 Kadlec Medical Center now offers the Watchman device, a stroke-prevention implant for atrial fibrillation patients who can’t take blood thinners.

现在华盛顿州的卡德莱克区域医疗中心提供Watchman装置, 这种四分之一大小的植入物通过阻塞左心房附属体, 降低某些心房患者中风风险, Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Washington state now offers the Watchman device, a quarter-sized implant that reduces stroke risk for certain atrial fibrillation patients by blocking the left atrial appendage where clots can form. 通过腹股沟通过导管进行的最低侵入性手术消除了无法忍受的病人对长期血液稀释器的需求。 The minimally invasive procedure, performed via catheter through the groin, eliminates the need for long-term blood thinners in patients who can't tolerate them. 该装置于2015年获得林业发展局批准,自2019年以来使用量不断增加,现已在当地可用,使病人不必前往西雅图或斯波卡内。 FDA-approved in 2015 and increasingly used since 2019, the device is now available locally, sparing patients the need to travel to Seattle or Spokane. 也为中风预防提供了长期的替代方法。 While it doesn’t cure atrial fibrillation, it provides a long-term alternative for stroke prevention.