Aortic stenosis occurs when the heart’s aortic valve narrows, affecting normal blood flow. In terms of treatment choice, many patients are candidates for both surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), a traditional open surgery procedure, as well as transcatheter aortic valve replaceme...
Medicare probably won’t cover dental issues that result from the procedure, like need for dentures or tooth replacement. It’s part of a jaw injury or similar issue. It’s an examination (but not treatment) before a kidney transplant or heart valve replacement, so as to prevent issues duri...
The committee conducted a literature search for dental care studies in five areas: head and neck cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, organ transplantation, and heart valve repair or replacement. The committee examined evidence to support Medicare coverage for dental services related to these conditions and ...
- 《Heart》 被引量: 0发表: 2024年 Cerebral embolic protection during transcatheter aortic-valve replacement ObjectivesThe use of cerebral embolic protection (CEP) during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been studied in several randomised trials... K S. R. - 《Cardiology Research ...
All 3 propensity score models included the following patient-level variables: age, sex, race, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, a family history of coronary artery disease, prior myocardial infarction, prior congestive heart failure, estimated glomerular filtration rate, prior valve ...
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 6Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA Background: Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the standard of care for patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis who are suitable surgical candidates, benefiting...
Dentists routinely rate Medicare’s oral health benefits as none, or next to zero, since they are limited to services deemed medically necessary, such as a dental exam prior to kidney transplantation or heart valve replacement, extractions performed in preparation for radiation treatment involving the...
Catheter-based interventional cardiology procedures have recently progressed from coronary and noncoronary vascular interventions to interventions for structural heart disease. Although transcatheter aortic valve replacement has garnered... ER Bates - 《Jama the Journal of the American Medical Association》 被...