HTA is multi-disciplinary field of policy analysis that examines the medical, economic, social and ethical implications of the incremental value, diffusion and use of a health technology in health care.
The term Health Technology refers to application of organised knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of life.
Objective: To summarize the clinical and scientific evidence for commercially available ECG-based signal analysis technologies used or proposed to be used to evaluate patients at low to intermediate risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) who have chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).