National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)

Out of 93 patients eligible for ICD/CRT device placement before medication titration, 48 patients were no longer eligible due to improvement in EF with an estimated cost savings of $1,152,000-1,560,000. Twenty-nine patients with impending decompensation were followed on the outpatient OBS unit by MHFTC staff on 57 occasions. ................
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