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Watchman Next Tuesday

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No one told me, but I found out that when leads (probably a Watchman too) are implanted in the heart, the danger in movement is not so much pulling out the incision stitches as it is dislodging the electricals implanted before tissue forms to hold them in place.
They have to go back in, shore everything up, and do the procedure again. A lot of work and discomfort. Take it easy for a month.

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@shmerdloff just FYI, the watchman doesn’t have electrical leads. There are some hook like things that embed in to the sides of the left atrial appendage. The doctor then performs a pull test to make sure it is secured.