Cath Lab Today » evidence-for http://www.cathlabtoday.com News and Discussion for the Cath Lab | a division of mmhc Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cardiac CT and Percutaneous Mitral Annuloplasty: A Vision of the Future? http://www.cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/cardiac-ct-and-percutaneous-mitral-annuloplasty-a-vision-of-the-future/ http://www.cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/cardiac-ct-and-percutaneous-mitral-annuloplasty-a-vision-of-the-future/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:18:36 +0000 CLT Staff http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/cardiac-ct-and-percutaneous-mitral-annuloplasty-a-vision-of-the-future/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

Mitral regurgitation (MR), a common valvular disorder, is a heterogeneous condition that can be broadly categorized into primary (affecting the valve apparatus) or secondary (functional) etiologies. For appropriately selected patients, surgical mitral valve repair, when possible, is the preferred strategy over mitral valve replacement. 1 The evidence for device/surgical treatment of functional mitral regurgitation is less well established for patients with severe heart failure and conveys increased operative risk

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Dear Readers, The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) currently does not have a national coverage policy for reimbursement of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). In the absence of national policy, coverage is at the discretion of local Medicare contractors. As a data gathering exercise, Medicare called for a Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) meeting on October 21, 2009.

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