Rationale and study protocol for the BRITISH randomized trial (Using cardiovascular magnetic resonance identified scar as the benchmark risk indication tool for implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and severe systolic heart failure)
Andrew Flett, Anna Cebula, Zoe Nicholas, Robert Adam, Sean Ewings, Sanjay Prasad, John G.F. Cleland, Zina Eminton, Nicholas Curzen
Topics & Concepts
MedicineEjection fractionClinical endpointCardiologyInternal medicineSudden cardiac deathImplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorCardiomyopathyRandomized controlled trialCardiac magnetic resonance imagingPopulationIschemic cardiomyopathyVentricular tachycardiaClinical trialHeart failureMagnetic resonance imagingRadiologyEnvironmental healthCardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias