New and Emerging Health Technology Reports

Recent Reports from CADTH and Other HTA Agencies

These reports are available without cost at the web sites shown below:

Agence d’évaluation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en santé (AÉTMIS)

• Three-wheel and four-wheel scooters: alternatives to powered wheelchairs?
  [English summary, full report in French].
  • Available: http://www.aetmis.gouv.qc.ca/site/index.php?aid=1001

Australia New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network (ANZHSN)

• USCOM: ultrasound cardiac output monitor for patients requiring haemodynamic monitoring.
  • Available: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/horizon/publishing.nsf/Content/30948B2D5B54C4BDCA25715C000223DE/$File/HSR%20-%20USCOM%20Final.pdf

• Genetic testing for congenital long QT syndrome to identify individuals at high-risk of sudden cardiac death.
  • Available: http://www.horizonscanning.gov.au/internet/horizon/publishing.nsf/Content/8F86C8B4D8513895CA25715C0005D972/$File/Genetic%20testing%20for%20Long%20QT%20syndrome%20to%20identify%20individuals%20at%20high-risk%20of%20sudden%20cardiac%20death%20June2006.pdf

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

• Intra-articular hyaluronic acid (viscosupplementation) for hip osteoarthritis.
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0024_viscosupplementation_cetap_e.pdf
• Nuchal translucency measurement in first trimester Down syndrome screening.
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0021_Nuchal_Translucency_cetap_e.pdf

UK National Horizon Scanning Centre (NHSC)

• Ultrafiltration for acute decompensated heart failure.
  • Available: http://pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizon/PDF_files/2006reports/December06/Ultrafiltration.pdf

• MySkin™ for wound healing (epithelialisation phase).
  • Available: http://pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizon/PDF_files/2006reports/December06/Myskin.pdf
• Myocardial stress perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment of myocardial blood flow in coronary artery disease.
  • Available: http://pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizon/PDF_files/2007reports/April2007/Myocardial_stress_perfusion_CAD.pdf

US Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBS)

• Microvolt T-wave alternans testing to risk-stratify patients being considered for ICD therapy for primary prevention of sudden death.
  • Available: http://www.bcbs.com/betterknowledge/tec/vols/21/microvolt-t-wave-alternans.html

US California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF)

• Artificial disc replacement for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
  • Available: http://www.ctaf.org/content/general/detail/686

• Low dose spiral computerized tomography (LDCT) screening for lung cancer.
  • Available: http://www.ctaf.org/content/general/detail/687