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Indeed, after 30 years of UDCA therapy as unique choice for PBC patients, a number of targets, derived from a deeper knowledge of the pathophysiology of the disease, has been discovered and they offer different and new therapeutic approaches that are now under evaluation; and ustekinumab was one...
213 community-dwelling women aged 70 to 85 years. Nutritional intake and prevalent fracture status were assessed at baseline, plasma Hcy was measured at year 1, and hip dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) BMD was
In additional, oncologic safety and complications of nipple-sparing mastectomy and skin-sparing mastectomy have been proven to be not inferior to traditional mastectomy, nipple-sparing mastectomy, and skin-sparing mastectomy; thus, becoming the choice of an increasing number of patients. Although the s...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, 2002) concluded that imagine-guided biopsy may be indicated for lesions that are non-palpable or vaguely palpable, and that “clinical studies suggest that such lesions may include those that are vaguely palpable, mobile, deep, or small, ...
The CMS Decision Memorandum states: "At this time, there is insufficient evidence to determine that percutaneous LAAC improves health outcomes compared to non-invasive guideline recommended first line standard medical therapies for Medicare beneficiaries with NVAF. We recognize the initial evidence is ...
they compared Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD to a 5 % sample of Medicare beneficiaries without ESRD. The primary outcome was survival after LVAD placement. Among the patients with ESRD, the mean age was 58.4 (12.1) years and 62.0 % (96) were men. Among those without ESRD, the mean age ...
FDG-PET scans are considered medically necessary for diagnosisFootnotes1*, staging, and re-staging of colorectal cancer and small bowel adenocarcinoma when the general medical necessity criteria for oncologic indications (B.1. listed above) are met. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
Medicare Coverage Database. Baltimore, MD: CMS; January 27, 2005. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) (#CAG-0057N). Decision memorandum. National Coverage Analyses. Baltimore, MD: CMS; June 6, 2003. Center for Medicare and Medicaid ...