Karine Chevreul, Matthias Brunn, Benjamin Cadier, Georges Haour, Hélène Eltchaninoff, Alain Prat, Alain Leguerrier, Didier Blanchard, Gérard Fournial, Bernard Iung, Patrick Donzeau-Gouge, Christophe Tribouilloy, Jean-Louis Debrux, Alain Pavie, Martine Gilard, Pascal Gueret
BACKGROUND: Currently, several anatomical approaches and intervention sites can be used to perform transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVIs), often with no clinical indications for choosing one or another. While these choices can have an impact on resource consumption, no costing study is available in the European context to provide information on resource use and assist decision-making. AIMS: To provide comparative data on the cost of the TAVI procedure, depending on anatomical approach and intervention site used, from a hospital perspective, and to analyze factors associated with cost of hospital stay...
April 2013: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases