Research project

Catheter Ablation Versus Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation in Treating Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (CASA-AF)

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Professor Joanne Lord
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Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Joanne Lord

Director of SHTAC

Research interests

Joanne has research interests in health economic evaluation and decision modelling.
She has worked on a wide range of applied cost-effectiveness studies, including:
a review of newborn screening for inborn errors of metabolism;trials of diagnosis, patient education, structured decision-making and therapeutic interventions for arthritis and back pain;evaluations of diagnostic tests, preventive treatment and contact tracing for tuberculosis;a model of geographic allocation of resources for control of Chagas disease in Central America; andanalyses relating to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Her methodological contributions include an MRC funded project on whole pathway modelling for NICE clinical guidelines and an economic perspective on test evaluation. She has also contributed to health outcome and quality of life studies.

Connect with Joanne

Email: J.Lord@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre

We are a leading centre for health technology assessment and health services research in the UK. Our expertise in evidence synthesis, health economics and information science informs timely policy decisions on the use of new healthcare technology and services, directly benefitting patients and ensuring good value for money for our health service.

Research outputs

Thoracoscopic surgical ablation versus catheter ablation as first-line treatment for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: the CASA-AF RCT

Shouvik Haldar, Habib R Khan, Vennela Boyalla, Ines Kralj-Hans, Simon Jones, Joanne Lord, Oluchukwu Onyimadu, Anitha Sathishkumar, Toufan Bahrami, Jonathan Clague, Anthony De Souza, Darrel Francis, Wajid Hussain, Julian Jarman, David G Jones, Zhong Chen, Neeraj Mediratta, Jonathan Hyde, Michael Lewis, Raad Mohiaddin, Tushar Salukhe, Caroline Murphy, Joanna Kelly, Rajdeep Khattar, William D Toff, Vias Markides, James McCready, Dhiraj Gupta & Tom Wong, 2021, Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, 8(18)

DOI: 10.3310/eme08180

Type: article