Percutaneous mitral valve procedures
20
Nov 2017
Annual report from the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (GISE) shows increasing trends in procedural volume of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI), mitral clip implantations, closure of left atrial appendage (LAA) and patent foramen ovale (PFO).
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04
May 2017
Check out reimbursement summary for the most established transcatheter mitral valve repair procedure in England, France and Germany. Reimbursement is established in Germany and France (for one indication). It is in process to be established in England and in France (for other indications).
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25
Apr 2017
The procedure can be coded in Austria, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, so payment mechanism is in place, even with an inadequate tariff in some countries. In countries where the procedure is not coded, it cannot be reimbursed. Despite available reimbursement mechanism, funding has not been established yet in majority of geographies.
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10
Apr 2017
Reports presents summary of the reimbursement situation in Europe for all developed or currently under development minimally invasive (transapical approach via mini-thoracotomy) and transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement procedures for mitral regurgitation.
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15
Mar 2017
MTRC is working on release of 9 reimbursement reports for medical technologies during March 2017, including report for transcatheter aortic valve replacement and eight minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement procedures.
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