United States, Cardiovascular Market Opportunities: Disease Incidence and Prevalence, and Surgical Procedure Volumes

This report presents the prevalence and number of hospital discharges in the UnitedStates (U.S.) as well as the surgical procedure volumes for selected cardiovascular/thoracic diseases/disorders.  Among the disorders covered by this report areatherosclerosis, heart failure (HF), hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, ischemicheart disease, pacing disorders, and valvular heart disease.  Among the coveredsurgical procedures are aortic aneurysm repair, cardiac resynchronization therapy,congenital heart defect repair, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, heartvalve repair/replacement, lower extremity bypass/stenting, pacemaker/implantablecardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and ventricular-assist device implantation,percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty/stenting, peripheral atherectomy,thoracotomy, thoracoscopy, and thrombectomy.