There is too little evidence to judge the potential health benefits of a procedure that uses lasers to drill holes in the heart's myocardium following coronary artery bypass surgery, a panel of experts told Medicare last week.
The negative vote by the Medicare coverage advisory committee (MCAC) suggests that the federal health plan may eventually decide to limit coverage of the procedure known as transmyocardial revascularisation (TMR)...
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