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EACVI Multimodality Imaging Toolbox on Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT)

A tool for day to day practice that meets professionals’ needs

Learn from the experts in cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT), cardiac mechanic and mechanical dyssynchrony. The EACVI Multimodality Imaging Toolbox on CRT contains a selection of presentations, webcasts, clinical cases, lectures, references and recommendations to help you in your day to day practice.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Webcasts and presentations

Part 2: Teaching course on CRT

Part 3: Clinical Cases

Part 4: References and Library

Part 5: Frequently Asked Questions

Part 6: Pathophysiology of electromechanical dyssynchrony

Part 7: Webinars

The programme is composed of seven parts, as follows:

Part 1: Webcasts and presentations

A selection of webcasts and presentations from ESC and EACVI congresses

Part 2: Teaching course on CRT

Imaging in CRT (Erwan Donal)
Imaging guided CRT after the ECHO-CRT study (Johan De Sutter)
Imaging left ventricular dyssynchrony (Otto A. Smiseth)
Echocardiographic parameters to select patients for CRT (Ivan Stankovic)
Resynchronisation Therapy: How to Assess Ventricular Mechanics? (Jens-Uwe Voigt)

Part 3: Clinical Cases

A selection of interesting clinical cases, submitted by international experts

Three cases pre and post CRT according to current guidelines (Erwan DONAL, Auriane BIDAUD, Elena GALLI)
Optimisation of cardiac resynchronisation therapy: LV Lead position, qLV, or paced effects? (EP Case Report, Niraj Varma, Raja Ghanem, and Ping Jia)
Hybrid cardiac resynchronisation with leadless pacemaker and transvenous coronary sinus lead (EP Case Report, Sit-Yee Kwok and Hung-Fat Tse2)

Part 4: References and Library

The list of references used in the PowerPoint presentations
A selection of relevant articles and publications on CRT (Nina Hasselberg and Anne Bernard)

Part 5: Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you want and need to know about echocardiography and CRT! (Donato Mele)

Part 6: Pathophysiology of electromechanical dyssynchrony

Videos:

Mechanisms of Syssynchronous Heart Failure and its treatment
CircAdapt Simulator v1.1.0 Tutorial: How to simulate your virtual patient?

Presentations:

Computer model-assisted characterisation of the dyssynchronous heart (Joost Lumens)
CircAdapt Simulator, interactive simulation tool for teaching cardiovascular (patho)physiology (Joost Lumens)

Publications:

Links

Part 7: Webinars

Multi-modality imaging in dilated cardiomyopathy and CRT (Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Erwan Donal)
How and why to measure LV myocardial strain according to EACVI/ASE standards and Industry Task Force activities (Jens-Uwe Voigt, Thor Edvardsen, Luigi Badano)