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• Benefit of Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment of Intermediate Coronary Lesions in TAVI
  Over 50% of patients with aortic stenosis (AS) have concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD). The most appropriate management of CAD before transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is still debated...
• ACC's 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Calculator Now Available
  Work, practice, expense and liability relative value units (RVUs) are updated annually through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rulemaking.
• First Look: CMMI Proposes Ambulatory Specialty Model For HF
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, which includes the CMS Innovation Center’s (CMMI’s) proposal for a mandatory five-year Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM).
• Novel DCD Techniques: Rapid Recovery With Extended Ultraoxygenated Preservation; Pediatric On-Table Reanimation
  Donation after circulatory death (DCD) without thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion or commercial ex situ perfusion systems is possible using a novel technique – rapid recovery with extended ultraoxygenated preservation (REUP)...
• Can CMR With Extracellular Volume Mapping Assess ATTR-CM Treatment Response?
  Among patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) with extracellular volume mapping may track changes in cardiac amyloid burden and treatment response over time, according to a study published July 11 in EHJ.