Cost-effectiveness analysis of mechanical thrombectomy with stent retriever in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in Italy.
Matteo RuggeriMichele BasileAndrea ZiniSalvatore MangiaficoElio Clemente AgostoniKyriakos LobotesisJeffrey L SaverSilvia CorettiCarlo DragoAmerico CicchettiPublished in: Journal of medical economics (2018)
MT plus IV t-PA for AIS patients with LVO is cost-effective from year 1 through year 3, and cost-saving from year 4 onward in the Italian context, achieving better results, both in terms of efficacy and in terms of resource consumption.
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