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Cardiovascular
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070
Left atrial appendage occlusion
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The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Europe.
The following types of procedure will be considered:
- percutaneous transluminal left atrial appendage occlusion;
- thoracoscopic left atrial appendage closure.
The only reimbursement within public / statutory health insurance systems is considered. The results will be provided for hospital settings.
Report includes essential information about reimbursement and national funding, including:
- Brief overview of reimbursement system for medical devices
- Procedure coding for technology
- Diagnosis coding
- Payment mechanism for technology
- Reimbursement tariffs for technology
- Restrictions in indications or scenarios for use of technology
- Policy considerations by payers and policy-makers about technology
Reimbursement information is provided for the following geographies:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- England (UK)
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
- Switzerland
It is also possible to add analysis in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Russia and Turkey.
Manufacturers of treatment of left appendage occlusion:
- Abbott Laboratories (Amplatzer Amulet)
- Aegis Medical (Sierra)
- Atricure (AtriClip)
- Biosense Webster (WaveCrest)
- Boston Scientific (WATCHMAN)
- Cardia (Ultrasept)
- Lifetech Scientific (LAmbre)
- Sentreheart (LARIAT)
Table of content is not available at the moment. Report is still ongoing.
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