Click on image to view larger version.

Figure 2 Sensitivity of the effect of varying the incidence and the cost of a major bleeding event (A) on the difference in the treatment costs between a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-guided and conventionally treated patient for the analytic model; effect of varying the cost of TEE on the difference in treatment costs (B) (including adverse events) between a TEE-guided and conventionally treated patient for the analytic model. The y axis shows the difference in cost of treating a TEE-guided patient minus a conventionally treated patient in dollars. The x axis shows the cost of the clinical event or TEE. Above the 0 baseline is more costly for TEE, and below the baseline is less costly for TEE. The star points to the actual difference in treatment costs.