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- Title
Rational and design of EuroCRT: an international observational study on multi-modality imaging and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
- Authors
Donal, Erwan; Delgado, Victoria; Magne, Julien; Bucciarelli-Ducci, Chiara; Leclercq, Christophe; Cosyns, Bernard; Sitges, Marta; Edvardsen, Thor; Sade, Elif; Stankovic, Ivan; Agricola, Eustachio; Galderisi, Maurizio; Lancellotti, Patrizio; Hernandez, Alfredo; Plein, Sven; Muraru, Denisa; Schwammenthal, Ehud; Hindricks, Gerhard; Popescu, Bogdan A.; Habib, Gilbert
- Abstract
Aims: Assessment of left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (LVEF) with cardiac imaging is important in the selection of patients for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Several observational studies have explored the role of imaging-derived LV dyssynchrony parameters to predict the response to CRT, but have yielded inconsistent results, precluding the inclusion of imaging-derived LV dyssynchrony parameters in current guidelines for selection of patients for CRT. Methods: The EuroCRT is a large European multicentre prospective observational study led by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. We aim to explore if combing the value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and echocardiography could be beneficial for selecting heart failure patients for CRT in terms of improvement in long-term survival, clinical symptoms, LV function, and volumes. Speckle tracking echocardiography will be used to assess LV dyssynchrony and wasted cardiac work whereas myocardial scar will be assessed with late gadolinium contrast enhanced CMR. All data will be measured in core laboratories. The study will be conducted in European centres with known expertise in both CRT and multimodality cardiac imaging.
- Subjects
EUROPE; HEART ventricle diseases; CARDIAC pacing; COMBINED modality therapy; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT heart ventricle; LONGITUDINAL method; SCIENTIFIC observation; RESEARCH funding; DECISION making in clinical medicine; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MAGNETIC resonance angiography
- Publication
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017, Vol 18, Issue 10, p1120
- ISSN
2047-2404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ehjci/jex021