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NICE gives green light to balloon catheter, in first medical technology guidance

NICE has approved the use of a balloon catheter for use in coronary artery surgery, in the first ever piece of guidance from its new medical technology programme.

The final guidance - out this month - recommends the use of the SeQuent Please balloon catheter for patients with restenosis, a condition where the blood vessels become blocked again following a previous treatment with a stent. More …..