What trade-off did the committee consider between net clinical effects and costs when assessing the use of cardiac MRI in heart failure?
The cost of a cardiac MRI and echocardiography was presented to the committee (264 and 84 respectively); however, as there was no clinical evidence, the committee could not make a judgement on the cost-effectiveness of cardiac MRI. However, the committee agreed that due to the greater cost of cardiac MRI compared to echocardiography it was important that an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of cardiac MRI was included in the research recommendation.