title: Trials are needed before new devices are used in routine practice in Europe.
authors.affiliation: GKV-Spitzenverband - Medicine, Mittelstrasse 51, Berlin D-10117, Germany. Philipp.Storz@gkv-spitzenverband.de
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Storz-Pfennig
authors.forename: Mechtild
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmedders
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dettloff
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000592:standards*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D018795:Device Approval; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D017751:Safety Management