Cor-Knot for tying suture knots in valve surgery

Equality considerations

NICE is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination and fostering good relations between people with particular protected characteristics and others.

Cor‑Knot is intended for use in people having valve surgery. Older people are more likely to need surgery for degenerative aortic valve disease. They may also have comorbidities that can contribute to operative mortality so need a careful preoperative assessment (in line with NHS England's service specifications for cardiac surgery in adults). Age is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.