Coronary/Structural Heart

HeartFlow Announces New Category I CPT Code from the American Medical Association for AI-Enabled Plaque Analysis to Assess Risk for Coronary Artery Disease

New reimbursement code follows recent favorable Medicare coverage decision, expanding access to HeartFlow’s Plaque Analysis to help physicians provide personalized treatment plans New reimbursement code follows recent favorable Medicare coverage decision, expanding access to HeartFlow’s Plaque Analysis to help physicians provide personalized treatment plans

HealthSnap Partners with Capital Cardiology Associates to Expand Virtual Care Management Platform with New Principal Care Management Program

Partnership broadens HealthSnap’s RPM and CCM platform to offer the industry’s most comprehensive virtual care management platform for health systems MIAMI, Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — HealthSnap, a leading virtual care management company that currently partners with over 150 health…

Medicare Administrative Contractors Approve Coverage of Cleerly Heart Scans to Medicare Recipients

DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Several Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have officially approved Artificial Intelligence-enabled Quantitative Coronary Topography (AI-QCT) scans for Medicare recipients with stable and acute symptoms suspicious of coronary artery disease. Cleerly, the company on a mission to eradicate heart attacks, requested the decision on MAC coverage in February of 2023 to expand […]

Cardiac Surgeons at Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital First in the State to Successfully Implant New Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve

Tricuspid valve regurgitation can lead to enlarged heart, fatigue and heart failure; the condition affects 1.6 million Americans PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The cardiac team from Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), the academic flagship facility of Allegheny Health…

First Pediatric Heart Transplant in Decades Performed at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — OU Health, the flagship academic health system of the University of Oklahoma, has performed its first pediatric heart transplant in decades at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health, marking a significant milestone in pediatric cardiac care for…

Medtronic launches the Avalus Ultra™ valve in Western Europe at the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Congress

Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced the launch of the Avalus Ultra™ Bioprosthesis valve in Western Europe during the EACTS annual congress in Lisbon. The Avalus Ultra valve, engineered for ease of use at implant and lifetime patient management, is Medtronic’s most advanced surgical aortic tissue […]

EMBLOK Announces Enrollment of 50th Patient in Clinical Trial for Emblok™ Embolic Protection System for use in TAVR Procedures, Appoints Scientific and Strategic Advisory Board

Medical device company marks trial milestone in the evaluation of its embolic protection device, creates expert advisory board as it navigates growth opportunity TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — EMBLOK™ (emblok.com), a privately held medical device company developing the most…