Health Technology Assessment on the use of the Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and with ICD Explant

Paolo Angelo Cortesi; Giovanni Luca Botto; Lucia D'Angiolella; Luciana Scalone; Roberto De Ponti; Giuseppe Boriani; Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani

doi:10.7175/fe.v22i1S.1486

Farmeconomia: Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways (Apr 2021)

Health Technology Assessment on the use of the Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and with ICD Explant

Paolo Angelo Cortesi,
Giovanni Luca Botto,
Lucia D'Angiolella,
Luciana Scalone,
Roberto De Ponti,
Giuseppe Boriani,
Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani

Affiliations

Paolo Angelo Cortesi: Research Centre on Public Health (CESP), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
Giovanni Luca Botto: Cardiology – Electrophysiology Division, Department of Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo Rho, Ospedale Salvini Garbagnate M.se, ASST Rhodense, Milan, Italy
Lucia D'Angiolella: Research Centre on Public Health (CESP), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
Luciana Scalone: Charta Foundation, Milan, Italy
Roberto De Ponti: Department of Heart and Vessels, Ospedale di Circolo-University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Giuseppe Boriani: Cardiology Division, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Italy
Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani: Research Centre on Public Health (CESP), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy Value-Based Healthcare Unit, IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7175/fe.v22i1S.1486
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 1S

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The objective of the present work is to conduct a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on the use of the Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) in patients at risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) following Myocardial Infarction (MI) or with an explanted Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD).

Published in Farmeconomia: Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways

ISSN: 2240-256X (Online)
Publisher: SEEd Medical Publishers
Country of publisher: Italy
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://journals.seedmedicalpublishers.com/index.php/FE/index

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