Journal article
Cost-effectiveness of the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve compared with standard management and surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis: A Canadian perspective
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The primary analysis estimated the cost-effectiveness of transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (Edwards SAPIEN heart valve; Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, Calif) compared with standard management in inoperable patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis. The secondary analysis estimated the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (transfemoral or transapical approaches) (SAPIEN heart …
Authors
Doble B; Blackhouse G; Goeree R; Xie F
Journal
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 146, No. 1, pp. 52–60.e3
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.06.018
ISSN
0022-5223