The Importance of an Accurate Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for the Introduction of New Technologies in the Brazilian Public Health System

uch has changed in recent years regarding the availability of new devices for use in Interven-tional Cardiology in Brazil. In the 1990s, it was common to joke with our American colleagues that, despite the enormous eco-nomic potential of that country, and contrary to what happened in Brazil, interventionists had to wait years to use – and gain experience with – extremely useful devices for the treatment of children with congenital heart...