CardiacWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

IVC filters are used to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients with venous thromboembolism and can’t receive anticoagulation treatment. Out of SAFE-IVC’s roughly 270k Medicare beneficiaries, only 15% had their IVC filters retrieved within 1.2 years of insertion. That number barely rose to 16.8%

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Blood Clot Thrombosis Embolism Medicare 59

DAIC

MARCH 14, 2025

Some of the late-breaking topics that will be covered include transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), peripheral artery disease (PAD), and pulmonary embolism (PE): Impact of Age on Procedural Timing for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: Results from the Early TAVR Trial The PERFORMANCE II Trial: A Prospective Multicenter Single Arm Investigation (..)

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

We longitudinally followed the patients by linking the registry data to the Center for Medicare&Medicaid Service (CMS) claims data. Model fit was assessed using the Hosmer-Lemeshow test.Results:Among 142 eligible pre-ICH statin users (median age [IQR]: 77.5 [72-86] 72-86] years; 57.0% female; 66.0% female; 69.5%

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 19, 2024

A potentially serious drug interaction between diltiazem and apixaban or rivaroxaban has been reported in US Medicare patients taking these drugs together for atrial fibrillation. It was a retrospective cohort study which included US Medicare benefiaries aged 65 years or more with atrial fibrillation and follow up period was one year.

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Atrial Fibrillation Medicare Embolism Hospital 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Medicare) have a lower risk of r-ICH (0.45, 0.31 - 0.67), AIS (0.71, 0.53 - 0.95), and MACE (0.58, 0.47 - 0.71). Results:Among 10,652 ICH patients (median age [IQR]: 70 [58 - 80] years; 47.7% female; 43.2% lobar ICH), 3.3%, 3.1%, 0.5%, and 8.1%, respectively, experienced r-ICH, AIS, AMI, and MACE. Patients with lobar ICH (vs. Blacks (vs.

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