Cost-effectiveness of ablation surgery in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-398

  van Breugel, Nathalie H ^a   Bidar, Elham ^a   Essers, Brigitte A ^a   Nieman, Fred H ^a   Accord, Ryan E ^a   Severens, Johan L ^a,b   Vrakking, Ries ^c   Maessen, Jos G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ablation surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Cost effectiveness; Quality adjusted life year; Randomised

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952319844     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.249482     Document Type: Article

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