• Novel ICD implantation configurations may make device implantation more feasible in small patients and complex CHD. Bauersfeld U, Tomaske M, Dodge-Khatami A et al.: Initial experience with ...
Cardiac pacemaker implantations (DRG 116) made the headlines in the first-ever Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter (issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS] just this ...
Cleveland Clinic doctors were the first in the world to successfully implant leadless pacemaker defibrillator systems in two patients as part of a global clinical trial sponsored by Boston Scientific, ...
Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...
This news comes amid a push within value-based care to ensure high-cost medical interventions deliver meaningful improvements ...
Dr. Ruskin answers the question: 'Treated By Pacemaker Vs. Defibrillator?' — -- Question: What is the difference between abnormal heart rhythms treated by pacemakers and defibrillators? Answer ...
Advanced second- or third-degree AV block, with symptomatic bradycardia, ventricular dysfunction or low cardiac output. Sinus node dysfunction with symptoms during age-inappropriate bradycardia.