{"id":250029,"date":"2026-04-14T23:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/250029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:33:08","slug":"medical-city-mckinney-now-offering-implants-designed-to-reduce-stroke-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/250029\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical City McKinney now offering implants designed to reduce stroke risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPatients at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalcityhealthcare.com\/locations\/medical-city-mckinney-hospital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City McKinney<\/a> have a new option for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalcityhealthcare.com\/locations\/medical-city-mckinney-hospital\/specialties\/cardiology?fbclid=IwY2xjawRLiTBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzZHd5Wm1uU0N1ZThTT3U3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmr14IEzacBoX5L88HGfJHX3tOCWGLgqNqcMleYju5tBk2YhjAIvYtbT9AZD_aem_4s-BLWmjBcTncoZ0keBblg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cardiovascular care.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Medical City McKinney is offering a new procedure called Left Atrial Appendage Closure, which is designed to reduce the risk of stroke without blood-thinning medication, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalcityhealthcare.com\/about-us\/newsroom\/enhanced-afib-treatment-at-medical-city-mckinney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 9 news release.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A closer look<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> data shows that more than eight million Americans take blood thinners to prevent blood clots, the release states. This surgery provides another option to manage cardiovascular health.<\/p>\n<p>The surgery involves inserting implants into the heart through a catheter that closes off the left atrial appendage, which can reduce the risk of stroke, the release states. Eligible patients can also undergo the procedure at the same time as a cardiac atrial fibrillation ablation, per the release.<\/p>\n<p>What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe successful completion of our first Left Atrial Appendage Closure procedure marks an important milestone for Medical City McKinney and the patients we serve,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalcityhealthcare.com\/locations\/medical-city-mckinney-hospital\/about-us\/leadership\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City McKinney CEO Mark Deno<\/a> said in the release. \u201cExpanding advanced cardiovascular capabilities with innovative, minimally invasive treatments like LAAC allows us to offer safer, more convenient options for patients living with [atrial fibrillation]. This is another reason the community turns to us as the destination of choice for healthcare excellence.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patients at Medical City McKinney have a new option for cardiovascular care. Medical City McKinney is offering a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[47615,94885,94883,94886,94884,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-250029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-medical-city-mckinney","tag-medical-city-mckinney-appointments","tag-medical-city-mckinney-cardiovascular-care","tag-medical-city-mckinney-location","tag-medical-city-mckinney-surgery","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}