Cost-efficacy in interventional cardiology; results from the EPISTENT study
Author(s) -
J Zwart-van Rijkom
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2000.2543
Subject(s) - medicine , interventional cardiology , medical physics , cardiology , intensive care medicine
The EPISTENT study has demonstrated that the combined use of abciximab and stenting as an adjunct to PTCA leads to increased event-free survival compared to either using abciximab or stenting alone. However, this combined strategy may be costly and the additional costs have to be weighted against the additional effects.
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