Advanced heart failure management with ventricular assist therapy – Evaluating Australian costs of care and effectiveness from implant to transplant or end of life

心室辅助装置（VADs）是一种植入式心脏泵，越来越多地被用于减缓终末期心力衰竭的进展。本项目评估了澳大利亚卫生保健机构VAD治疗和晚期心力衰竭医疗管理的成本和有效性。目的是为澳大利亚临床医生和卫生决策者提供晚期心力衰竭和VAD治疗的当前和相关临床、成本和有效性数据。

Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are implantable heart pumps that are increasingly being used to slow down the progression of end stage heart failure. This project assesses the costs and effectiveness of VAD therapy and advanced heart failure medical management in an Australian health care setting. The aim is to provide Australian clinicians and health decision makers access to current and relevant, clinical, cost and effectiveness data for advanced heart failure and VAD therapy.