Electrocardiographic Screening for Prolonged QT Interval to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death in Psychiatric Patients: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Electrocardiographic Screening for Prolonged QT Interval to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death in Psychiatric Patients: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

IMPORTANCE:Sudden cardiac death is a leading cause of mortality in psychiatric patients. Long QT (LQT) is common in this population and predisposes to Torsades-de-Pointes (TdP) and subsequent mortality. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the cost-effectiveness of electrocardiographic screening to detect LQT in p...

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Main Authors: Antoine Poncet, Baris Gencer, Marc Blondon, Marianne Gex-Fabry, Christophe Combescure, Dipen Shah, Peter J Schwartz, Marie Besson, François R Girardin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4466505?pdf=render

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