CarDiac MagnEtic Resonance for Primary Prevention Implantable CardioVerter DebrillAtor ThErapy international registry: the DERIVATE study

How to correctly identify CMR parameters for a better prognostic stratification of the risk in HF patients prevention ICD therapy? (Int J Cardiol 2018 Mar 11)

27 March Mar 2018 6 years ago
  • Pontone G
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) represents the most valuable sudden cardiac death (SCD) prophylactic strategy in patients with heart failure and severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). To date, it is still unknown how to integrate the information given by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) into clinical and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) work-up of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) and ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients for accurate risk stratification.

The final objective of the study consists in the identification of prognostic CMR parameters in a large prospective cohort for a better selection of patients with heart failure being worthy of primary prevention ICD therapy.

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  • Guaricci AI, Masci PG, Lorenzoni V, Schwitter J, Pontone G. CarDiac MagnEtic Resonance for Primary Prevention Implantable CardioVerter DebrillAtor ThErapy international registry: Design and rationale of the DERIVATE study. Int J Cardiol 2018 Mar 11. pii: S0167-5273(18)30043-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.03.043. [Epub ahead of print] Go to PubMed