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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Electrically guided versus imaging-guided implant of the left ventricular lead in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a study protocol for a double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial (ElectroCRT)

Inclusion criteria

 Symptomatic heart failure (NYHA class II–IV despite OMT)

 ECG with LBBB according to the Strauss criteria [37] or indwelling single or dual chamber pacemaker and a paced QRS ≥ 180 ms

 LVEF ≤ 35%

 Age ≥ 40 years

 Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

 Expected lifetime < 6 months

 Expected cardiac surgery within the next 6 months

 Recent (< 3 months) myocardial infarction or CABG

 Pregnant or lactating

  1. NYHA New York Heart Association, OMT optimal therapy for the individual patient at the time of referral for cardiac resynchronization therapy, ECG electrocardiogram, LBBB left bundle branch block, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, CABG coronary artery bypass graft
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