El costo de la terapia inicial en el estudio electrofisiológico versus el ensayo de monitoreo de ECG (ESVEM)

N A Omoigui1, F I Marcus, J W Mason

  • 1Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5092.

Circulation
|February 15, 1995
PubMed
Resumen

Las pruebas electrofisiológicas (EPS) para las arritmias ventriculares conducen a cargos hospitalarios iniciales más altos en comparación con el monitoreo Holter (HM), impulsados por más ensayos de medicamentos y tasas de éxito más bajas. El hecho de no encontrar medicamentos efectivos y presentar una muerte súbita también aumenta los costos.

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