Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Can We Afford the Cost of Cardioverter‐Defibrillators? Data from the Search‐MI Registry‐Italian Sub‐study
Why the study?
What is the estimated daily cost of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death?
Population
Patients implanted with ICDs on MADIT II indications from the Search-MI Registry-Italian Sub-study
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5-7 years (time horizon for cost estimation)
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Implication
May contextualize primary-prevention ICD affordability; leaves open generalizability beyond this cohort's modeled horizon.
Structured PICO
What is the estimated daily cost of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death?
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Population
Patients implanted with ICDs on MADIT II indications (left ventricular dysfunction) from the Search-MI Registry-Italian Sub-study
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Intervention
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)
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Outcome
Daily costs associated with the device and leads over a 5-7 year time horizon
The daily cost of ICD therapy over a 5-7 year horizon is relatively low (€4.60-€6.70), which may help contextualize its affordability compared to other treatments.
Cite This Study
Boriani et al. (2006) studied this question.