ESC Heart Failure (Aug 2024)

Assessing the impact of haemodynamic monitoring with CardioMEMS on heart failure patients: a cost–benefit analysis

  • Pau Codina,
  • José Ángel Vicente Gómez,
  • Guillem Hernández Guillamet,
  • Laura Ricou Ríos,
  • Andrea Carrete,
  • Victoria Vilalta,
  • Oriol Estrada,
  • Jordi Ara,
  • Josep Lupón,
  • Antoni Bayés‐Genís,
  • Francesc López Seguí

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14698
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 4
pp. 1955 – 1962

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Abstract Aims The objective of this study was to perform a cost–benefit analysis of the CardioMEMS HF System (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA) in a heart failure (HF) clinic in Spain by evaluating the real‐time remote monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures, which has been shown to reduce HF‐related hospitalizations and improve the quality of life for selected HF patients. Particularly, the study aimed to determine the value of CardioMEMS in Southern Europe, where healthcare costs are significantly lower and its effectiveness remains uncertain. Methods and results This single‐centre study enrolled all consecutive HF patients (N = 43) who had been implanted with a pulmonary artery pressure sensor (CardioMEMS HF System); 48.8% were females, aged 75.5 ± 7.0 years, with both reduced and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction; 67.4% of them were in New York Heart Association Class III. The number of HF hospitalizations in the year before and the year after the sensor implantation was compared. Quality‐adjusted life years gained based on a literature review of previous studies were calculated. The rate of HF hospitalizations was significantly lower at 1 year compared with the year before CardioMEMS implantation (0.25 vs. 1.10 events/patient‐year, hazard ratio 0.22, P = 0.001). At the end of the first year, the usual management outperformed the CardioMEMS HF System. By the end of the second year, the CardioMEMS system is estimated to reduce costs compared with usual management (net benefits of €346). Conclusions Based on the results, we suggest that remote monitoring of pulmonary artery pressure with the CardioMEMS HF System represents a midterm and long‐term efficient strategy in a healthcare setting in Southern Europe.

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