Avoidable costs of stenting for aortic coarctation in the United Kingdom: an economic model

• Main Authors: Maximilian Salcher (Author), Alistair Mcguire (Author), Vivek Muthurangu (Author), Marcus Kelm (Author), Titus Kuehne (Author), Huseyin Naci (Author), CARDIOPROOF (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Undesirable outcomes in health care are associated with patient harm and substantial excess costs. Coarctation of the aorta (CoA), one of the most common congenital heart diseases, can be repaired with stenting but requires monitoring and subsequent interventions to detect and tr...