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Temporal Trends in Noninvasive and Invasive Cardiac Testing From 2010 to 2022 in the US Medicare Population

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

The use of fractional flow reserve by CT per 100 000 Medicare enrollees increased by >16-fold from 2018 (the first year covered) to 2022, and cardiac amyloidosis pyrophosphate scintigraphy studies increased 4-fold from 2011 to 2022 (0.17% to 0.68%). of cardiac testing use in 2011 and 67.7% to 2.6%), multigated acquisition (0.4%

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Non-Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage and Risk of Incident Dementia in U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries

Stroke Journal

The exposure was a new diagnosis of non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, defined as a composite of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), and subdural hemorrhage (SDH).

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Thrombectomy Use in the United States for Basilar Artery Occlusion in the Era of Neutral Clinical Trials: 2018 to 2020 Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

The objective of this study was to assess whether neutral clinical trials may have influenced BAO thrombectomy practice.METHODSThe National Inpatient Sample (2018–2020) was queried for US patients with BAO, and comparisons were made between patients admitted in 2020 versus 2018 to 2019 for the primary outcome of thrombectomy.

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Trends in direct health care costs among US adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with and without diabetes

Cardiovascular Diabetology

The costs were direct total health care expenditures (out-of-pocket payments and payments by private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and other sources) from various sources (office-based visits, hospital outpatient, emergency room, inpatient hospital, pharmacy, home health care, and other medical expenditures).

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Abstract TP121: More Thrombectomy Transfers and Simpler Network Structures in Vertically Integrated ED-Hospital Pairs

Stroke Journal

We characterized the vertical integration of the stroke transfer networks using descriptive statistics and the structure using multiple edge directed graphs.Results:We identified 13287, 14217, 15169 stroke transfers in 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. There was no substantial change in 2017 or 2018.Conclusion:From

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BioCardia’s CardiAMP Cell Therapy Chronic Myocardial Ischemia Trial Results Show Patient Benefits in Important Outcomes

DAIC

The CardiAMP cell therapy trials for the indications of both chronic myocardial ischemia and ischemic heart failure are covered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid for both treatment and control procedures. CAUTION - Limited by United States law to investigational use.

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Abstract TP205: Alzheimer’s Disease and Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage

Stroke Journal

However, there are limited population-based data regarding the risk of intracranial hemorrhage associated with AD.Methods:We performed a retrospective cohort study using inpatient and outpatient claims between 2008-2018 from a nationally representative 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries 65 years of age. andICD-10-CMcode G30.x.