Cost-Effectiveness Studies Support Medtronic's HeartWare HVAD
Executive Summary
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the LATERAL trial shows patients treated with Medtronic’s HeartWare HVAD through the less-invasive thoracotomy procedure incurred lower hospitalization and medical supply costs than patients implanted with a ventricular assist device through the traditional sternotomy approach. Another new analysis shows HeartWare HVAD is more cost-effective than ventricular assist devices of the past.
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