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Cost-effectiveness analysis of transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis at low risk of surgical mortality in Sweden
Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology and Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology and Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden.
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2025 (English)In: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, ISSN 0300-9734, E-ISSN 2000-1967, Vol. 130Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has shown similar or improved clinical outcomes compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis at low risk for surgical mortality. This cost-utility analysis compared TAVI with SAPIEN 3 versus SAVR in symptomatic severe aortic stenosis patients at low risk of surgical mortality from the perspective of the Swedish healthcare system. Methods: A published, two-stage, Markov-based cost-utility model that captured clinical outcomes from the Swedish Web-system for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-based care in Heart disease Evaluated according to Recommended Therapies (SWEDEHEART) registry (2018-2020) was adapted from the perspective of the Swedish healthcare system using local general population mortality, utility and costs data. The model had a lifetime horizon. Model outputs included changes in direct healthcare costs and health-related quality of life from using TAVI as compared with SAVR. Results: TAVI with SAPIEN 3 resulted in lifetime costs per patient of 484,142 SEK Swedish krona (SEK) and lifetime quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) per patient of 7.16, whilst SAVR resulted in lifetime costs and QALYs per patient of 457,625 SEK and 6.81 QALYs, respectively. Compared with SAVR, TAVI offered an incremental improvement of +0.35 QALY per patient at an increased cost of +26,517 SEK per patient over a lifetime horizon, resulting in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of 76,532 SEK per QALY gained. Conclusion: TAVI with SAPIEN 3 is a cost-effective option versus SAVR for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis at low risk for surgical mortality treated in the Swedish healthcare setting. These findings may inform policy decisions in Sweden for the management of this patient group.

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2025. Vol. 130
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Aortic stenosis, Cost-effectiveness, Low risk, Surgical aortic valve replacement, Transcatheter aortic valve implantation, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aortic valve, Aortic valve stenosis, Cost-benefit analysis, Cost-effectiveness analysis, Female, Heart valve prosthesis implantation, Humans, Male, Markov chains, Quality of life, Quality-adjusted life years, Severity of illness index, Sweden, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, Comparative study, Cost benefit analysis, Cost effectiveness analysis, Economics, Heart valve replacement, Human, Markov chain, Mortality, Procedures, Quality adjusted life year, Surgery, Very elderly
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-222878DOI: 10.48101/ujms.v130.10741ISI: 001692897700001PubMedID: 40313688Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105004482785OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-222878DiVA, id: diva2:2052961
Available from: 2026-04-14 Created: 2026-04-14 Last updated: 2026-04-24

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