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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2014 May 5;35(2):170–182. doi: 10.1177/0272989X14528382

Appendix Table 1.

Aortic stenosis natural history model inputs estimated using calibration

Variable Description Range Notes*
Hazard Ratio (HR) on Age-Specific Mortality Rate
 NYHA class I/II symptoms
A   2 to 6 months 2-5.6 A > B
B   7+ months 1.1-2.9
 NYHA class III/IV symptoms
C   2 to 6 months 5.8-13.9 C > D
D   7 to 12 months 4.1-12.8
E   13+ months 1.2-7.9 E > B
Annual rate of hospitalization (per 10,000)
 NYHA class I/II symptoms
F   2+ months 0-1,000
 NYHA class III/IV symptoms
G   ≤ 12 months 0-15,000 G > F
H   13+ months 7,000-60,000 H > G
Annual rate of progressing from NYHA class I/II to class III/IV symptoms (per 10,000)
 TAVR
I   2 to 6 months 0-1,500
J   7+ months 0-6,000 J > I
 Balloon valvuloplasty
K   2 to 6 months 0-10,000
L   7+ months 0-5,000 L < K
Annual rate of stroke (per 10,000)
 TAVR
M   2 to 6 months 0-2000
N   7+ months 0-2000 N < M
 Balloon valvuloplasty
O   2+ months 0-2000 0 < N

NYHA -- New York Heart Association

*

If the randomly drawn value for the parameter does not satisfy the constraint, the value is replaced by the closest value satisfying the constraint