Duke Internal Medicine
ICDs appear to be economical for patients with heart failure.(Cardiovascular Medicine)Zoler, Mitchel L. NEW ORLEANS -- Treatment with a single-chamber, implantable cardioverter defibrillator is cost-effective for patients with moderate to severe heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less, according to results of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial.
An economic analysis of the results of SCD-HeFT showed that placing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in all patients who met entry criteria would cost about $33,000 for each added life-year, Daniel B. Mark, M.D., reported at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart ...
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