Acquired cardiovascular diseaseCost-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
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35.2
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AKI
acute kidney injury
AS
aortic stenosis
CI
confidence interval
DSA
deterministic sensitivity analysis
ICER
incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
LY
life-year
MI
myocardial infarction
NYHA
New York Heart Association
OCCI
Ontario Case Costing Initiative
PARTNER
Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves
PSA
probabilistic sensitivity analysis
QALY
quality-adjusted life-year
SAVR
surgical aortic valve replacement
SM
standard management
SSAS
severe symptomatic aortic stenosis
TA
transapical
TAVI
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
TF
transfemoral
WTP
willingness to pay
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Funding: Brett Doble is supported by a research scholarship from Monash University. Feng Xie and Ron Goeree are funded by a Health Technology Assessment Grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.
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