Curative catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation and typical atrial flutter: systematic review and economic evaluation

Rodgers M, McKenna C, Palmer S, Chambers D, Van Hout S, Golder S, Pepper C, Todd D, Woolacott N
Record ID 32009100020
English
Authors' recommendations: Review found that radio frequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is a relatively safe and efficacious approach to the therapeutic treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and typical atrial flutter. RFCA is probably cost-effective in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation if the estimated quality of life benefits continue over a patient's lifetime
Authors' methods: Systematic review and economic evaluation
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1539
Year Published: 2008
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Adult
  • Quality-Adjusted Life Years
  • Safety
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Atrial Flutter
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Technology Assessment, Biomedical
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright: 2009 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA or other HTA producer. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.