Review of NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 88; Dual-chamber pacemakers for symptomatic bradycardia due to sick sinus syndrome and/or atrioventricular block

The planned date for review of the above guidance is September 2011.

This is the date when the Institute decides whether sufficient new evidence has emerged for the Appraisal Committee to be asked to undertake an update of the existing guidance.

The Institute has carried out a search for information relevant to this appraisal, and believes that it is appropriate for the guidance to be updated.

In order to be completely confident that this is appropriate, we are asking   consultees and commentators with an interest in this topic, to inform us of any evidence which would suggest that an earlier review would be beneficial.  We would particularly like to be made aware of timelines around on-going research, etc. which might affect the scheduling of this review should we go ahead with the proposal following this consultation.  Please see appendix A for a full list of the organisations we have contacted.