High-dollar procedures like coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) generate billions in hospital revenue. Inflated charges for those procedures, billing ...

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center had the lowest heart failure readmission ratio between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19. As part of its ...

A stent is tubular in shape and usually made of metal or ceramic. It is designed to keep a part of the coronary artery open. Coronary arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart ...

Type 1 diabetes was associated with less myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, stroke, and limb ischemia than type 2.

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