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CMS Updates Medicare Coverage for AI-Coronary Plaque Analysis

DAIC

15 , 2024 — Four of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have released final local coverage determinations (LCD) for AI-Coronary Plaque Analysis (AI-CPA). tim.hodson Wed, 10/16/2024 - 12:36 Oct. The four contractors for the U.S. The LCDs have a future effective date of Nov. 24, 2024.

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From the Member Sections | Tackling the Polypharmacy Pandemic in CV Care

American College of Cardiology

Initiatives such as the World Health Organization's "Medication Without Harm" and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) expanded quality measures aim to reduce preventable emergency visits and hospital admissions due to medication-related harm. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023;71(7): 2052-2081. Circulation. 2006;113: 203-212.

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

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About Chronic Myocardial Ischemia with Refractory Angina Chronic myocardial ischemia occurs in the setting of coronary artery disease when there is reduced blood flow to the heart. million patients in the United States. CAUTION - Limited by United States law to investigational use.

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The Evolving Computed Tomography Market

DAIC

I think especially with the recent changes in guidelines and the recommendation to use CT for screening of coronary artery disease, we expect to see this trend really impact the way CT is used in the future.” “The CT procedural mix is evolving, and cardiac CT is starting to account for a large proportion of that.

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Patients Undergo First Doses of New Cardiac PET tracer

DAIC

25, 2025 GE HealthCare has delivered the first patient doses of Flyrcado(flurpiridaz F 18) injection, a unit dose positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET MPI) agent for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD), at early adopter imaging centers in the US. tim.hodson Mon, 03/03/2025 - 16:07 Feb.