Cardiovascular

What we offer your ASC

Medtronic Cardiovascular offers a breadth of technologies at the therapeutic, procedural, and system level across cardiovascular diseases. Additionally, we offer a breadth of services to help customers address their unique challenges and support enhanced patient experience, increased capacity, and improved clinical outcomes.

Below you will find more information on:

• Cardiac rhythm and diagnostics
• Atrial fibrillation
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Endovascular treatment for CLI
• Dialysis access maintenance
• Healthcare optimization consulting
• Patient outreach tools
• Reimbursement and coding tools

Cardiac rhythm and diagnostics

Atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation, also known as AF, is an irregular heart rhythm that affects the upper chambers (atria) of the heart. In AF, the atria quiver instead of beating normally. AF can also lead to rapid heart rhythm, where the heart can beat as much as 300 times a minute or more in the atria, and up to 150 times a minute or more in the lower chambers (ventricles).

Catheter ablation for AF is a technique employed to control heart rhythms that are caused by abnormal electrical signals traveling from the pulmonary veins to the atria. It’s a minimally invasive procedure that can be used when medication fails to control AF. During the procedure, catheters are used to terminate (ablate) these abnormal electrical signals and stop them from spreading and continuing to cause AF.

The catheters have electrodes that can sense intracardiac electrical signals when connected to the electrophysiology lab system. The resulting electrograms are used to determine the optimal placement of the ablation catheter. The ablation catheter delivers energy to create a discrete lesion of myocardial scar tissue which terminates the abnormal electrical signals.

Medtronic offers ablation catheters that use cryothermal energy to create lesions via the rapid removal of heat from cardiac cells.

Peripheral arterial disease

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which can also be referred to as peripheral vascular disease (PVD), is the narrowing or blockage of arteries in various critical regions of the body. When the disease presents in the lower limbs, blood flow is reduced and can cause damage to tissue in your lower limbs. PAD is a progressive disease ranging from mild to moderate claudication to critical limb ischemia (CLI) which can lead to amputation.

Patient outreach tools

Atrial fibrillation

• Explore treatment options, learn about our therapy, find a physician, and access materials and resources here.
• Patients can also sign up to receive monthly updates.

Peripheral arterial disease endovascular treatment

• Learn more about peripheral arterial disease, the signs and symptoms, and treatment options
  

Dialysis access maintenance

Reimbursement and coding tools

In support of our products, we provide resources to assist with coding, coverage and reimbursement for our therapies. 

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Medical necessity will dictate site of service for each individual patient. Physicians should confirm inpatient or outpatient admission criteria before selecting site of service.