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. 2020 Oct 6;8(10):e20496. doi: 10.2196/20496

Table 4.

Summarized results of the simulations. Costs, strokes, and fatal strokes classified on the basis of the CHA2DS2-VASc score as well as the investigated group (N=30,000 patients per group per score).


Study arm with device (75% ECGa confirmation) Study arm with device (100% ECG confirmation)
CHA2DS2-VASc scoreb Average costs per patient (in €c, whole simulation duration) Total number of strokesd Number of nonfatal strokes Number of
fatal strokes
Average costs per patient (in €, whole simulation duration) Total number of strokesd Number of nonfatal strokes Number of fatal strokes
1 1314 556 361 195 1290 528 331 197
2 2847 2406 1585 821 2876 2364 1550 814
3 3887 3395 2180 1215 3876 3339 2180 1159
4 5380 4994 3204 1790 5421 4894 3154 1740
5 7483 7444 4751 2693 7543 7263 4700 2563
6 9427 9755 6084 3671 9508 9549 6107 3442
7 10,646 11,082 6901 4181 10,627 10,703 6771 3932
8 10,846 10,374 6295 4079 10,937 10,122 6301 3821
9 12,146 11,449 6756 4693 12,463 11,210 6897 4313
mean 7108 6828 4235 2593 7171 6664 4221 2442

aECG: electrocardiography.

bCHA2DS2-VASc: Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age≥75 years, Diabetes mellitus, Stroke, Vascular disease, Age 65-74 years, Sex category (female).

c€1=US $1.12.

dTotal number of strokes includes nonfatal and fatal strokes.