Economic assessment of traditional surgical intervention versus use of a new innovative radiofrequency based surgical system in device replacements

Alexander Kypta; Hermann Blessberger; Juergen Kammler; Alexander Nahler; Kurt Neeser; Michael Lichtenauer; Christoph Edlinger; Joerg Kellermair; Daniel Kiblboeck; Thomas Lambert; Johannes Auer; Clemens Steinwender

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192587

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Economic assessment of traditional surgical intervention versus use of a new innovative radiofrequency based surgical system in device replacements

Alexander Kypta ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Kypta, Hermann Blessberger

Roles Investigation

* E-mail: alexander.kypta@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria, Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5960-7742

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Hermann Blessberger ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Kypta, Hermann Blessberger

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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Juergen Kammler,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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Alexander Nahler,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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Kurt Neeser,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Analytica Laser International Inc., Lörrach, Germany
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Michael Lichtenauer,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Christoph Edlinger,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Joerg Kellermair,

Roles Software, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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Daniel Kiblboeck,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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Thomas Lambert,

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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Johannes Auer,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, St. Josef Hospital, Braunau, Austria
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Clemens Steinwender

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria, Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Economic assessment of traditional surgical intervention versus use of a new innovative radiofrequency based surgical system in device replacements

Alexander Kypta,
Hermann Blessberger,
Juergen Kammler,
Alexander Nahler,
Kurt Neeser,
Michael Lichtenauer,
Christoph Edlinger,
Joerg Kellermair,
Daniel Kiblboeck,
Thomas Lambert

Published: March 6, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192587

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