Morphological Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Known Cardiomyopathies

Completed

Conditions studied: Cardiomyopathy

In brief

This is a pilot study to find a correlation between MRI and ICD therapy in patients with known cardiomyopathies, aiming to determine if cardiac scarring identified by MRI correlates with ventricular arrhythmias and the occurrence of ICD therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00312624

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

50

Starts

2006-04-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-06-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• at least 18 years of age
• cardiomyopathy with LVEF 35% or less
• indication for ICD implantation
• able to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• prior device implantation
• contraindication for MRI (i.e., metallic foreign body)
• claustrophobia
• pregnant women

Where it is running

• UPMC Presbyterian Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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