Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness Comparison of Catheter Ablation and Antiarrhythmic Drugs in Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Using Discrete Event Simulation

To evaluate the lifetime cost-effectiveness of 3 widely used atrial fibrillation (AF) treatments from the perspectives of Chinese healthcare system: antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs), ThermoCool SmartTouch guided by ablation index (STAI), and second-generation cryoballoon (CB2).

Source: Value in Health - December 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Min Hu, Yi Han, Wangyang Zhao, Wen Chen Tags: Economic Evaluation Source Type: research