MADRID, Spain—A prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) doesn’t improve outcomes among patients with a moderately reduced LVEF and high-risk ECG features identified with Holter ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) were found to have a beneficial effect on mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD ...

Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy did not reduce mortality in patients with a prior myocardial infarction, persistent moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ...

HIMSS announced that it has released an ICD-10 PlayBook Financial Risk Calculator. The tool was developed with Jvion, a health technology firm that specializes in compliance issues. The calculator ...

BERLIN, Germany—Performing ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation before placement of a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) had a clinical benefit in a selected group of ...

ICD-10. It’s here. It’s not. It’s here again. It’s pushed back further. In the wake of the unexpected ICD-10 delay, healthcare organizations remain at odds over what happened and what comes next.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A single burst of antitachycardia pacing (ATP) reduced risk for shocks in patients with an implantable ...

Most ICD-10 financial risk information may be targest for CFOs because of their position, but CIOs can benefit from financial risk assessments as well, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

"What's been constant about T-wave alternans throughout the past few years is the negative predictive value," Costantini told heart wire. "If the test is normal, the likelihood of having a cardiac ...

Implementation of the ICD-10-CM/PCS code sets creates a large degree of financial uncertainty and risk for payers. How reimbursement parameters will shift for each individual payer is only a matter of ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Local doctors are among the first in the nation to use a new, implantable device to help save lives. It helps keep the heart beating strong. This new device could help reduce the ...