Regulation & law · 27/12/2002

Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee to Discuss Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

The Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee will meet on February 12, 2003, to discuss the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for patients with a prior myocardial infarction and a left ventricular ejection fraction of ≤ 30, following a request from Guidant Corporation.