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| Thoratec Europe Ltd | INDUSTRY |
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Advanced heart failure therapy (heart transplantation or LVAD) is underutilized and patients are underserved. The purpose of this prospective, observational study is to obtain multi-center data on the proportion of patients with CRT and/or ICD who are candidates for advanced heart failure treatment and obtain insights into patient and physician decisions regarding referral for advanced heart failure therapy.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Patients enrolled | All patients enrolled in the study |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Proportion of patients | Proportion of heart failure patients followed in outpatient clinic that are NYHA III-IV with LVEF \ | 12 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reasons for non-referral | Assess physician's reasons for non-referral of patients for LVAD/transplant evaluation. | 12 months |
| Patient's reasons | Assess patients reasons for declining LVAD/transplant as a treatment option. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Outpatients with CRT and/or ICD, EF \
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Pooja Chatterjee | Thoratec Europe Limited | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Rigshospitalet | Copenhagen | Denmark | ||||
| CHU of Nantes |
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| 12 months |
| Actual and predicted 12 month survival | Assess the actual and predicted 12 month survival (predicted by VO2, the Heart Failure Survival Score (HFSS) and the Seattle Heart Failure Model (SHFM)). | 12 months |
| Simple clinical parameters for referral | Identify simple clinical parameters that can be used by physicians to refer patients for LVAD/transplant evaluation at an optimal time. | 12 months |
| Nantes |
| France |
| Hannover Medical Center | Hanover | Germany |
| University Clinical Center Tuebingen | Tübingen | Germany |
| Erasmus Medical Center | Rotterdam | Netherlands |
| Karolinska University Hospital | Stockholm | Sweden |
| University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust | Manchester | United Kingdom |