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£9m NHS Savings With HeartFlow 'Virtual FFR' Gets NICE Nod

 
• By Reed Miller

UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended the HeartFlow FFRct Analysis for stable patients with a suspected myocardial infarction. NICE was won over by the potential £9m savings that the technology can bring to the National Health Services in the next five years.

A new guidance from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends HeartFlow Inc.’s HeartFlow FFRCTAnalysis non-invasive cardiac imaging system for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in stable patients with chest pain. NICE was convinced the device could save £214 per patient and save the National Health Service in England more than £9m by 2022 by avoiding invasive investigation and treatment.

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