But other experts are concerned about paying for this intensive approach to patient management.
“The implications are profound regarding the cost of care,” commented Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Yale University, New Haven, Conn. “How should we decide which patients should get this?”
“We're developing models of how to use it,” said Dr. Bourge, who acknowledged that not all physicians would have the expertise or time to review so many pressure measurements for their patients.
Because of this, researchers are working on developing an automated way to review the large number of intracardiac pressure measurements that are made in each patient.