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A simplified Markov state transition diagram. All patients with coarctation enter the model at birth in the state ‘well’ without aneurysm. Arrows show how patients can transition among states at each cycle. Dashed lines represent prophylactic treatment. The health states for retreatment of aneurysm recurrence have been excluded for simplicity. All states can transition to ‘dead’ even if not explicitly drawn.
