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ICD / CRT Appropriate Use Criteria App This app provides decision and documentation support for clinicians assessing the suitability of ICD implantation and CRT . The ICD / CRT Appropriate Use Criteria App addresses those patient scenarios specifically covered in the ACC / HRS / AHA et al . 2013 Appropriate Use Criteria for ICD and CRT . Clinicians can use this app to obtain an appropriate use rating for ICD / CRT , view the likelihood of CMS coverage for the patient receiving an ICD , and produce a summary of patient inputs and advice for email . Search “ ACC ICD CRT AUC App ” on the web or in your app store to download for free . Learn more about ACC ’ s other mobile apps at ACC . org / MobileResources .

Catch all of ACC ’ s coverage from ESC Congress 2016 in Rome . For the latest science from the meeting , including trial summaries , ACC news stories , journal scans , and more , visit ACC . org / ESC2016 . Be sure to watch the daily wrap-up videos on ACC ’ s YouTube Channel and check out the Facebook Live interviews with Valentin Fuster , MD , PhD , editor in chief of JACC , and Christopher O ’ Connor , MD , editor in chief of JACC : Heart Failure , on the JACC Journals Facebook Page .

Certified Patient Case

A 50-year-old African-American male with hypertension and hyperlipidemia , who was diagnosed with coronary artery disease 6 months earlier , presents for lipid management . About 6 months earlier , he developed chest pain while playing basketball . He underwent stress testing and eventual left heart catheterization , which demonstrated diffuse right coronary artery disease , an occluded proximal circumflex , and a 90 % mid left anterior descending artery , for which he received a drug-eluting stent . What would you do ? Check out this and other Certified Patient Cases under “ Education and Meetings ” on ACC . org .

Featured Expert Commentary and Article Reviews

Visit the “ Latest in Cardiology ” section of ACC . org for a wide variety of perspectives and analysis on recent cardiovascular research and trends . Current hot topics include :

• CMS Identifies LAAO Registry as Approved Registry to Meet NCD Requirements

• ACC Statement Stresses Importance of EHR Interoperability

• Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Anticoagulant Therapy - RE-LY

SEPTEMBER 2016 , VOL . 5 , NO . 9

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Alfred Bove , MD , PhD

PUBLISHER Gene Conselyea

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