Medicare's bundled payment model was not associated with changes in process-of-care measures or early outcomes after hospitalization for heart failure, a new study reported.
Atrial high-rate episodes are associated with more than twice the risk for mortality in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator.
This is a population that has not gotten a lot of attention, said an expert. Upgrading their pacemakers to a cardiac resynchronization device may be the answer for some.
Patients with stage I-III rectal cancer typically undergo chemoradiation before surgery, but MRI can identify those who could skip this step and go straight to upfront surgery.
Resynchronization therapy jumps forward with 3 new studies that support but push the envelope of a new guideline statement on physiologic pacing for heart failure.