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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

Evidence-based recommendations on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for diagnosing and managing angina and myocardial infarction in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Last updated

1 July 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous transluminal renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension. This involves inserting a device through the skin (percutaneous) into an artery in the thigh and then into the renal arteries (transluminal). It sends radio or sound waves to destroy the nerves in the renal arteries (sympathetic denervation). The aim is to lower blood pressure.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

1 March 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic duodenal mucosal resurfacing for insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. This involves using heat to destroy the lining of the duodenum to encourage a new lining to grow.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

16 May 2024

Evidence-based recommendations on tumour profiling tests (EndoPredict, ICH4+C, MammaPrint, Oncotype DX and Prosigna) to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in early breast cancer.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

9 May 2024

Evidence-based recommendations on tildrakizumab (Ilumetri) for treating moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

17 April 2019

Evidence-based recommendations on occipital nerve stimulation for intractable chronic migraine. This involves using implanted electrodes to deliver electrical impulses to the occipital nerve to mask migraine pain.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

26 April 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on electrohydraulic lithotripsy for difficult-to-treat bile duct stones in adults. This involves breaking up the stone with soundwaves.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

26 May 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on laser lithotripsy for difficult-to-treat bile duct stones in adults. This involves breaking up the stones using laser light.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 June 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous insertion of a cystic duct stent after cholecystostomy for acute calculous cholecystitis. This involves inserting a tube called a stent into or across the cystic duct. The aim is to allow bile to flow through the tube, bypassing the blockage and preventing further obstruction.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

9 March 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on durvalumab (Imfinzi) for treating limited-stage small-cell lung cancer that has not progressed after platinum-based chemoradiotherapy in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

1 October 2025

This process guide describes how NICE selects medical technologies for development of NICE guidance. It also describes how the medical technologies advisory committee develops guidance on selected technologies routed to it

Early value assessment (EVA) guidance on robot-assisted surgery for soft tissue procedures.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

17 April 2025

This process and methods guide has been developed to help guidance‑producing centres make research recommendations. It describes a step-by-step approach to identifying uncertainties, formulating research recommendations and research questions, prioritising them and communicating them to the NICE Science Policy and Research (SP&R) team, researchers, and funders

Evidence-based recommendations on deep brain stimulation for chronic, severe, treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults. This involves implanting an electrode in the brain and an electrical stimulator under the skin on the chest.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 April 2021