Valutazione economica della resincronizzazione cardiaca nei pazienti affetti da scompenso cardiaco moderato-avanzato

Objective Patients with severe heart failure, refractory to drug treatment, can be indicated for biventricular pacing, shown to be useful in overcoming the desynchronization of the ventricular contraction pattern, which generally worsens the hemodynamic conditions of such patients. This study was aimed at assessing 1) clinical effectiveness of conventional therapy compared with biventricular pacemaker; 2) hospital ward’s budget before and after device implantation.