Potential cost‐effectiveness of wearable cardioverter‐defibrillator for patients with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator explant in a high‐income city of China

• Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology Vol. 30; no. 11; pp. 2387 - 2396
• Main Authors: Jiang, Xinchan, Ming, Wai‐Kit, You, Joyce H. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Cardiac arrest; China; cost‐effectiveness; implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator; Monte Carlo simulation; Mortality; Patients; Sensitivity analysis; sudden cardiac arrest; wearable cardioverter‐defibrillator; China; cost-effectiveness; sudden cardiac arrest; wearable cardioverter-defibrillator; China; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Introduction Wearable cardioverter‐defibrillator (WCD) is recommended for patients with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) removal. This study aimed to investigate the potential cost‐effectiveness of WCD for patients with ICD explant in a high‐income city of China. Methods and Results A 5‐...