Cost-minimisation analysis alongside a pilot study of early Tissue Doppler Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction in Emergency Department Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes (TEDDy-NSTEACS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the cost implications of early angiography for patients with suspected non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI).

Design

A decision tree model was used to synthesise data from the pilot study and literature sources. Sensitivity analyses tested the impact of assumptions incorporated into the analysis.

Setting

Emergency department (ED), Brisbane, Australia.

Participants

Patients with suspected NSTEACS.

Interventions

TDI as a diagnostic tool for triaging patients within 4 hours of presentation in addition to conventional risk stratification, compared with conventional risk stratification alone.

Data sources

Resource used for diagnosis and management were recorded prospectively and cost

SUBMITTER: Gc VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549746 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature