<p>NICE has been notified about this procedure and will consider it as part of its work programme.</p> <p>The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) will consider this procedure and NICE will issue an interventional procedures consultation document about its safety and efficacy for 4 weeks&#8217; public consultation. IPAC will then review the consultation document in the light of comments received and produce a final interventional procedures document, which will be considered by NICE before guidance is issued to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p>

Discontinued

Status:
Discontinued
Decision:
Prioritised
Process:
IPG
Description:

Heart failure can be caused by a number of factors that make the heart a less efficient pump. In this procedure an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine takes blood from the body, pumps it through a membrane that adds oxygen and removes carbon dioxide, and continuously pumps this blood into and around the body. 

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
30 August 2016 Discontinued. Discontinued

For further information on how we develop interventional procedures guidance, please see our interventional procedures programme manual