Adjusting To New Coding and Compliance Guidelines
Physicians consistently face claim denials on the reimbursement end of healthcare. Varying...
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Defibrillator Use After Myocardial Infarction in Older Adults
According to current estimates, more than 350,000 people experience sudden cardiac death in the...
ICDs: Analyzing Patient Perception & Physician Communication
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have changed the way patients with cardiac...
Updated Guidelines for Heart Failure
Recently, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and American Heart Association...
Devices for Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: A Guideline Update
According to recent estimates, about 400,000 pacemakers and implantable cardioverter...
Primary Prevention ICDs Yield Survival Benefits
Among eligible patients, those who undergo implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation appear to benefit from a significantly decreased mortality rate when compared with those who do not undergo implantation,...
Improving Survival After Heart Failure
Heart failure (HF) is among the leading causes of hospitalization in the United States, afflicting more than 5.8 million men and women each year. The disease has been associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and...
Investigating Referrals for ICDs
The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society have published guidelines that provide patient selection criteria for the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) as primary...
Analyzing Preventive CRT in the Elderly
Published studies have shown that the prevalence of congestive heart failure (CHF) increases as people age, rising from 2% to 3% in the total population to 10% to 20% after patients reach age 75. When compared with younger...
Heart Rhythm 2012
Examining Criteria for ICD Primary Prevention Therapy The Particulars: Studies have suggested that nearly 25% of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) for primary prevention are implanted outside of evidence-based...
ACC.12 Highlights for Surgeons
New research was recently presented at ACC.12, the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Cardiology, from March 24-27 in Chicago. The features below highlight just some of the studies that emerged from the meeting...
Conference Highlights: American Heart Association’s 2010 Scientific Sessions
The American Heart Association held its 2010 Scientific Sessions from November 13 to 17 in Chicago. The features below highlight some of the news emerging from the meeting. » Benefits Observed With Experimental Cholesterol Drug...
