title: Could your financial health be heading for heart break?
abstract: A new type of stent may alter demand and affect the financial performance of cardiovascular programs. Patients electing angioplasty instead of CABG as the preferred initial treatment for coronary stenosis may increase. The need for CABG procedures to correct restenosis following angioplasty may decline.
authors.affiliation: Health Strategies and Solutions, Inc., Philadelphia, USA. hfinarelli@hss-inc.com
authors.forename: Hugo J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Finarelli
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States