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Evidence-based recommendations on 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.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Last updated

6 July 2017

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Evidence-based recommendations on balloon cryoablation for Barrett’s oesophagus. This involves using a balloon filled with cold gas to destroy abnormal cells.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 October 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on leukapheresis for inflammatory bowel disease. This involves removing a small number of white blood cells from the person’s blood.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

22 June 2005

Evidence-based recommendations on radiation therapy for early Dupuytren’s contractures in adults. This involves directing low energy X-rays at the affected tissue.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

21 December 2016

Evidence-based recommendations on cryotherapy for malignant endobronchial obstruction. This involves using cold temperatures to destroy the cancer tissue that’s causing a blockage.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 November 2005

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on AI technologies for detecting diabetic retinopathy .

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

6 July 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on therapeutic hypothermia for acute ischaemic stroke in adults. This involves using a cooling device to reduce the body’s temperature after a stroke.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

29 May 2019

Evidence-based recommendations on MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treating moderate to severe tremor in Parkinson’s. This involves using ultrasound to destroy tissue in the thalamus.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

18 December 2024

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic interdigital (Morton’s) neuroma. This involves using pulses of radiofrequency heat energy to damage the nerve, with the aim of reducing pain.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

16 December 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy. This involves using an automated device to cut and remove the part of the disc that’s pressing on the nerve.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 November 2005

NICE is unable to make a recommendation on human alpa1-proteinase inhibitor (Respreeza) for treating emphysema in adults. CSL Behring UK has confirmed that it does not intend to launch the product in England and Wales. The reasons for this decision are primarily related to the company’s inability to offer the product at a price to meet the current threshold of cost effectiveness.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

28 March 2024

Advice on the use of Cellvizio confocal endomicroscopy system (CLS) for characterising pancreatic cysts to aid local decision-making

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

28 June 2016

Evidence-based recommendations on endovascular closure of patent ductus arteriosus. This involves placing a blocking device into the heart, which stays in place permanently and the body’s tissue grows around it.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

27 October 2004

Evidence-based recommendations on permanent His-bundle pacemaker implantation for treating heart failure. This involves attaching a wire connected to a pacemaker to the heart’s electrical conduction pathway (through a vein).

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

5 May 2021