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Bradford Royal Infirmary given Q-Stress cardiac stress system
The Friends of Bradford Royal Infirmary presented a Q-Stress cardiac testing system to the hospital's medical physics department.
Continue reading...Reimbursement rates for cardiac rehab set to increase in 2011
Monday, November 8, 2010
The Medicare reimbursement rate for cardiac rehabilitation in a hospital-based or hospital off-campus program will rise 78% to $68.81 in 2011.
Continue reading...Updated guidelines for cardiac rehab referral: Cardiac Science for the week of Sept. 13
Monday, September 13, 2010
New guidelines aim to improve patients' use of cardiac rehab programs; Powerheart AED G3 donated to Florida church; Florida school AED used to save football player who collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Cardiac stress test saved coach’s life
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Cardiac stress testing can be a life-saver for people like Stoutland who have chest pain but are not suffering a heart attack.
Continue reading...Treadmill fitness test correlates with risk of death: Cardiac Science for the week of August 23
Monday, August 23, 2010
A stress-test study in Circulation; biker's cardiac arrest death leads to AED donation in Catalina; 14-year-old saved in Hawaii; Denmark AED demographic study regarding out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...For some sedentary patients, a treadmill stress test before exercise
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The latest issue of Circulation advises doctors on when and how to prescribe exercise, including when to start the process with a cardiac stress test.
Continue reading...Cardiac rehabilitation model helps stroke patients’ recovery: Cardiac Science for the week of June 21
Monday, June 21, 2010
University of Toronto researchers are adapting the cardiac rehabilitation treatment model for use with patients recovering from stroke; a California fitness center uses its Powerheart AED to rescue a victim of sudden cardiac arrest; the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation donates AEDs.
Continue reading...How a treadmill stress test changed his life
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The treadmill stress test (also called an exercise electrocardiogram) is often the first type of stress test used to check for heart problems.
Continue reading...Cardiac rehabilitation and continuing exercise: Cardiac Science for the week of April 12
Monday, April 12, 2010
A cardiac rehabilitation study reports that female heart patients are less likely than male patients to continue exercising once their cardiac rehab program is over; ConAgra defibrillator program saves 7 lives; New Hampshire teen raises funds for community AEDs.
Continue reading...Study spurs insurers to require stress test before stenting
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Two health insurers are requiring that patients be given stress tests before stenting to find out if a clogged artery — the problem that is addressed by stenting — is the actual cause of a patient's chest pain.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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