CT Angiography for Triage of Patients with Acute Minor Stroke: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis
| Autor: | Dheeraj Gandhi, Pina C. Sanelli, Xiao Wu, Joseph Schindler, Charles R. Wira, Kevin N. Sheth, Charles C. Matouk, Danny R. Hughes, Ajay Malhotra, Max Wintermark |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Computed Tomography Angiography Cost-Benefit Analysis MEDLINE 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Occlusion medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient Aged Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Minor stroke Cost-effectiveness analysis Middle Aged Triage humanities Stroke 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Angiography Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 294(3) |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 |
| Popis: | Background Minor stroke is common and may represent up to two-thirds of cases of acute ischemic stroke. The cost-effectiveness of CT angiography in patients with minor stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS] score ≤6) is not well established. Purpose To evaluate cost-effectiveness of CT angiography in the detection of large-vessel occlusion (LVO) in patients with acute minor stroke (NIHSS score ≤6). Materials and Methods A Markov decision-analytic model with a societal perspective was constructed. Three different management strategies were evaluated |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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