Application 1117

Doppler Cardiac Output Measurement Without Imaging

Application No.	1117
Application Name	Real-time measurement of cardiac output and other cardiac flow parameters (without concurrent cardiac imaging) using continuous wave Doppler techniques
Advisory Panel	Associate Professor John Atherton (Chair) (MSAC member until 31/12/2010) Dr Stephen Blamey (Deputy Chair) (MSAC member until 30/12/2008) Professor Geoff Farrell (MSAC member until 31/12/2008) Ms Jill Forck (Consumers’ Health Forum nominee) Dr John Philip O’Shea (Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand nominee) Dr Walter Abhayaratna (Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand nominee) Dr Matthew Crawford (Intensivist) Associate Professor Robert J Dunn (Emergency Physician)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat	6 March 2007
Stage 1 - Eligibility	Eligible
Stage 2 - Assessment	Completed
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister	MSAC advises that it does not support public funding for cardiac continuous wave Doppler ultrasound without imaging.
Stage 4 - Decision	MSAC considered this assessment on 5 June 2009. The Minister noted MSAC's advice 5 August 2009.
Stage 5 - Implementation

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