Is cardiac resynchronization therapy cost-effective?

G Boriani, M Biffi, C Martignani, C Valzania… - Europace, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a treatment of proven efficacy for selected
patients with heart failure and associated conduction disturbances. The increasing financial …

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: a cost or an investment?

G Boriani, LG Mantovani, M Biffi, MJ Schalij… - Europace, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Cost-effectiveness estimates can help optimize use of available financial resources and this
is especially relevant for implementation of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), given …

A review of economic evaluation models for cardiac resynchronization therapy with implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with heart failure

F Tomini, F Prinzen, ADI van Asselt - The European Journal of Health …, 2016 - Springer
Objectives Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a biventricular pacemaker (CRT-P) is an
effective treatment for dyssynchronous heart failure (DHF). Adding an implantable …

The long-term cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

G Yao, N Freemantle, MJ Calvert, S Bryan… - European heart …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Aims Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-P) is an effective treatment for patients with
heart failure and cardiac dyssynchrony with moderate or severe symptoms despite …

Why We Have to Use Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy–Pacemaker More

JC Daubert, R Martins… - Cardiac …, 2015 - cardiacep.theclinics.com
Supported by extensive clinical evidence, electrical device therapy for heart failure has had
impressive development during the last 15 years. Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) …

Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines on the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy: implementation

R Parkash, F Philippon, M Shanks, B Thibault… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent studies have provided the impetus to update the recommendations for cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT). This article provides guidance on the implementation of …

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with moderate to severe heart failure in Germany: a cost-utility analysis of the additional defibrillator

M Hadwiger, FS Frielitz, N Eisemann, C Elsner… - … Health Economics and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is a well-established form of treatment
for patients with heart failure and cardiac dyssynchrony. There are two different types of CRT …

Quest for the best candidate: how much imaging do we need before prescribing cardiac resynchronization therapy?

OA Breithardt, G Breithardt - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Within the last decade, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has evolved rapidly and is
today widely accepted as a class I indication for selected patients with heart failure. 1, 2 It is …

Cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the CARE-HF trial

MJ Calvert, N Freemantle, G Yao… - European heart …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Whilst the CArdiac REsynchronization in Heart Failure (CARE-HF) trial has
shown that cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) leads to reduced morbidity and …

Current practice of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in the real world: insights from the European CRT survey

J Steffel, D Hürlimann - European heart journal, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Large randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that cardiac resynchronization
therapy (CRT) improves morbidity and mortality in patients with moderate to severe heart …