Doctors at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital celebrated their 500th procedure to help reduce the risk of stroke in patients with ...

If a thrombus in the left atrial appendage embolizes, stroke can occur. Embolism to the lower extremities, kidney, spleen or mesenteric vessels can occur, as well.

Small clots, something the size of the tip of your finger, are fine. But if it’s enough clot that your heart is strained and the right side of your heart is stressed because it can’t pump against ...