Cardiac pacemaker implantations (DRG 116) made the headlines in the first-ever Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter (issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS] just this ...
The first-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD system offers a single-device, single procedure with a lead placed outside of the heart and veins. The FDA has approved the Aurora Extravascular Implantable ...
St. Anthony Regional Hospital has expanded its advanced cardiac care offerings with the successful implantation of the world’s smallest transvenous defibrillation lead. The procedure was performed by ...
Dr. Daniel Schrader and Dr. Harvinder Dod successfully performed the first Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) implantation in Columbia County at the Magnolia Surgery Center last ...
Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) constitute a major breakthrough in the management of heart rhythm disorders. These devices largely include bradycardia pacemakers, biventricular ...
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — A hospital near Ann Arbor completed a medical first for Michigan. Trinity Health Ann Arbor has performed Michigan’s first implant of a defibrillation lead measuring just under 1 ...
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Another first for Lansing institutions: Sparrow has become the first health system (and hospital) in Michigan to have implanted a new, life-saving defibrillator for heart ...
Medical devices and related software solutions maker ZOLL has introduced its next-generation LifeVest wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) in the US. The latest device is the fifth LifeVest WCD, ...