The National Heart Centre Singapore (新加坡国家心脏中心) performed Asia's first percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage using the Watchman device on 12 October 2009. The device, which looks like a mini parachute, is permanently implanted in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation, to prevent them from having a stroke caused by blood clots in the heart. 

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