Advice
About this briefing
Medtech innovation briefings summarise the published evidence and information available for individual medical technologies. The briefings provide information to aid local decision-making by clinicians, managers, and procurement professionals.
Medtech innovation briefings aim to present information and critically review the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence, but contain no recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance.
Development of this briefing
This briefing was developed for NICE by Cedar. The Interim process and methods statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality assured and approved for publication.
Peer reviewers and contributors
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Megan Dale, Researcher, Cedar
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Dr Susan Peirce, Researcher, Cedar
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Andrew Cleves, Researcher, Cedar
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Dr Grace Carolan-Rees, Cedar Director, Cedar
Specialist commentators
The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:
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Professor Nick Curzen, Consultant Cardiologist and Professor of Interventional Cardiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
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Dave Smith, Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Catheter Laboratory Director, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
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Tim Kinnaird, Lead Interventional Cardiologist, University Hospital of Wales
Copyright
© National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2014. All rights reserved. NICE copyright material can be downloaded for private research and study, and may be reproduced for educational and not-for-profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the written permission of NICE.
ISBN: 978-1-4731-0459-4