Cost-Utility of Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Children with Dilated Cardiomyopathy during Medical Optimization: Is it Worth the Wait?

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common form of cardiomyopathy in both adults and children, and the estimated cost of caring for patients with this disease is in the order of billions of dollars annually in the United States alone. Although in adults, the etiology is usually related to coronary artery disease, in children, the mechanisms are far more varied, and the course is less well described and likely dependent on cause and presentation.1 An important facet of the management paradigm for these children includes approach to sudden death prevention, an area that continues to lack substantial data.
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research