Common use of Assessment of current level of CV practice Clause in Contracts

Assessment of current level of CV practice. There is significant variability around the medical management of CHD across Europe. Theses groupings give a high level overview of the most common interventions: Hospital admissions Rates of admission for CVD vary considerably across Europe. In general, higher admission rates are found in Eastern European and Scandinavian countries. Similar geographical trends are seen for CHD. Coronary revascularization and other procedures for CVD While rates of revascularization vary widely across Europe, all countries have seen rates increase significantly since the 1990s. For example, since 1990 rates of PCI have increased fifteen-fold in Italy and twelve-fold in Finland. We expect that advances in medical technique and continued development of medical infrastructure around the world will drive continued growth in the coronary revascularization market.