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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

Cost-Effectiveness in Patients Undergoing Revascularization of Chronic Total Occluded Coronary Arteries-A Cohort Study.

Emil Nielsen Holck, Naja Stausholm Winther, Lone Juul Hune Mogensen, Evald Høj Christiansen

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Cost-Utility Analysis of Different Treatment Modalities in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Thai PCI Registry.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emil Nielsen HolckDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Naja Stausholm WintherDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lone Juul Hune MogensenDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Evald Høj ChristiansenDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKAarhus University Hospital · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Revascularization of patients with chronic total occluded coronary arteries (CTO) is recommended if they have symptoms despite medical treatment. The cost-effectiveness of treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was investigated in this cohort study. Materials and Methods: The study was designed as a cohort study enrolling all patients undergoing PCI for a CTO in the Central Region of Denmark and recorded in the EUROCTO database. Major adverse cardio- and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) and admissions for cardiac symptoms were collected in the Western Denmark Heart Registry and through medical Journal Audits. Exposure was defined as successful revascularization of all CTO lesions compared with having one or more remaining CTOs after PCI attempt(s). Cost-effectiveness was evaluated as the net benefit (NB) at the patient level 3 years after treatment and through cost-effectiveness planes. The cost was defined as the cumulative cost of the index procedure and admissions due to MACCE and cardiac symptoms. Effectiveness was defined as the difference in MACCE for the primary analysis and the difference in death and symptomatic admissions for the secondary. Results: Between 2009 and 2019, 441 patients with ≥ 3 years of follow-up were treated with PCI for at least one CTO lesion (342 in the successful arm and 99 in the unsuccessful arm). The technical success rate was 85.4%. In total, 155 MACCE and 184 symptomatic admissions occurred in the follow-up period. The mean total cost was EUR 11.719 (11.034; 12.406) in the successful group vs. EUR 13.565 (11.899; 15,231) ( Conclusion: Patients fully revascularized for all CTO lesions had a more cost-efficient treatment. However, results need confirmation in a randomized controlled trial due to the risk of residual confounding after adjustment.

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chronic coronary syndrome (CCS)chronic total occlusion (CTO)complex PCIcoronary artery diseaseischemic heart diseasepercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

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PMID35694673
PMCPMC9177990
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