The European CRT Survey: 1 Year (9–15 Months) Follow-Up Results
European Journal of Heart Failure (2012) 14,61–73 doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfr158 The European CRT Survey: 1 year (9–15 months) follow-up results Nigussie Bogale 1*, Silvia Priori 2,3, John G.F. Cleland 4, Josep Brugada 5, Cecilia Linde 6, Angelo Auricchio 7, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen 8, Tobias Limbourg 9, Anselm Gitt 9, Daniel Gras 10, Christoph Stellbrink 11, Maurizio Gasparini 12, Marco Metra 13, Genevie`ve Derumeaux 14, Fredrik Gadler 6, Laszlo Buga 4, and Kenneth Dickstein 1, Downloaded from on behalf of the Scientific Committee, National Coordinators, and Investigators 1Stavanger University Hospital, 4068 Stavanger and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway; 2University of Pavia Maugeri Foundation, Pavia, Italy; 3Cardiovascular Genetics Program, New York State University, NY, USA; 4Castle Hill Hospital, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK; 5Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 6Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 7Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland; 8University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; 9Institut fu¨r Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen an der Universita¨t Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany; 10Nouvelles Cliniques http://eurjhf.oxfordjournals.org/ Nantaises, Nantes, France; 11Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Bielefeld Medical Center, Germany; 12IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (MI), Italy; 13Institute of Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; and 14Universite´ Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France Received 16 September 2011; accepted 30 September 2011 Aims The European CRT Survey is a joint initiative of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology evaluating the contemporary implantation practice of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in Europe.
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