Louisiana is in the top-5 of US states based on heart disease death rates, due to a high frequency of obesity, diabetes, and kidney disease, all of which are risk factors for heart disease. The number of patients and the need for rapid assessment and exclusion of heart disease is therefore high.

“There are many options for diagnostic testing to evaluate the presence of significant coronary artery disease, but many of them require multiple patient visits and can be invasive in nature,” stated Dr. Ghiath Mikdadi, MD of the Heart Clinic of Hammond, a leading cardiac care clinic. “We are pleased to add the CADScor®Systems into our workflow as a first-line diagnostic aid to rule out patients before putting them through unnecessary advanced diagnostic testing.”

The Acarix CADScor®System is an acoustic and AI-based solution to rapidly and non-invasively evaluate patients with chest pains in 10 minutes. Its CPT-III code became effective in July 2022, and clinics are now receiving reimbursement payments from US insurance companies.

"Our focus on the US market and the approximately 18 million patients who annually seek care for chest pain continues to generate results. With our own reimbursement code active since July 2022, healthcare providers can now quickly evaluate patients with chest pain and secure successful reimbursement compensation. This leads to a positive impact on patient care, patient volumes and health care financials", comments Helen Ljungdahl Round, President and CEO of Acarix.