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Somatom Definition Edge CT scanner for imaging coronary artery disease in adults in whom imaging is difficult

Medtech innovation briefing [MIB54] Published: 01 March 2016 Last updated: 06 July 2017

  • Overview
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Technology overview
  • Evidence review
  • Relevance to NICE guidance programmes
  • References
  • Appendix
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Relevance to NICE guidance programmes

Relevance to NICE guidance programmes

NICE has issued the following guidance:

  • Chest pain of recent onset: assessment and diagnosis (2010) NICE guideline CG95. Date for review: November 2018

  • New generation cardiac CT scanners (Aquilion ONE, Brilliance iCT, Discovery CT750 HD and Somatom Definition Flash) for cardiac imaging in people with suspected or known coronary artery disease in whom imaging is difficult with earlier generation CT scanners (2012) NICE diagnostics guidance DG3

  • Stable angina: management (2011) NICE guideline CG126

  • Unstable angina and NSTEMI: early management (2010) NICE guideline CG94


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