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The cost-effectiveness of diagnostic cardiac imaging for stable coronary artery disease.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26027879
Early and accurate diagnosis of stable coronary artery disease (CAD) is crucial to reduce morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. This critical appraisal of health-economic literature concerning non-invasive diagnostic cardiac imaging aims to summarize current approaches to economic evaluation of diagnostic cardiac imaging and associated procedural risks, inform cardiologists how to use economic analyses for decision-making, highlight areas where new information could strengthen the economic evaluation and shed light on cost-effective approaches to diagnose stable CAD. Economic analysis can support cardiologists' decision-making. Current economic evidence in the field does not provide sufficient information to guide the choice among different imaging modalities or strategies for each patient. Available economic analyses suggest that computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) is a cost-effective approach to rule out CAD prior to invasive coronary angiography in patients with low to intermediate pre-test probability of disease and that stress imaging modalities may be cost-effective at variable pre-test probabilities.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença da Artéria Coronariana / Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X / Angiografia Coronária Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença da Artéria Coronariana / Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X / Angiografia Coronária Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article