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A definition change may add 12 cardiac catheterization procedures to CMS’ ASC covered list

CMS proposed changing the definition of surgery to account for “surgery-like” procedures in the 2019 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, which could add cardiac ...
Healio

LV end-diastolic pressure significant marker for outcomes after heart catheterization

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Following left heart catheterization, offloading measured by left ventricular end-diastolic ...
MedPage Today

Study: No Need to Fast Before Catheterization

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Healio

Study questions practice of routine fasting before cardiac catheterization

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CALORI study calls into question the practice of fasting before cardiac catheterization. Patients not ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Mural Thrombus in the Left Atrium Secondary to Transseptal Catheterization of the Left Side of the Heart

From the George Washington University School of Medicine. We are indebted to Dr. Erlo Roth, of the Department of Pathology, for performing the autopsy. Alan L. Pinkerson, M.D. Fellow in cardiovascular ...
MedPage Today

Strict Fasting Window May Be Unwarranted Before Cardiac Cath

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Patient well-being was better among individuals allowed more liberal oral intake before entering the catheterization lab, the randomized CALORI trial showed. Compared to standard ...