Cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Overoptimistic study results and a call for publication of complete trial results

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1031-1033

  Neyt, Mattias ^a   Van Brabandt, Hans ^a,b  

^a BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Center for Evidence Based Medicine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84862011904     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301813     Document Type: Letter

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