cardiovascular medicine

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nihr portfolio studies - open to recruitment:

PROTECT-HF: Physiological vs right ventricular pacing outcome trial evaluated for bradycardia treatment
Principal Investigator: Dr Simon Smith
Sponsor: Imperial College London
The study objectives are:

• Does physiological pacing reduce mortality and unplanned heart failure acute care?
• Does physiological pacing improve daily patient activity and patient reported quality of life?
• Does physiological pacing reduce the need for later upgrade to biventricular pacemaker?
• Does physiological pacing better maintain cardiac function?

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ECHO-AID
Principal Investigator: Dr Lucy Broadhurst
Sponsor: University of Oxford
This is a multi-centre retrospective observational study of any adult patient who is referred for a standard transthoracic echocardiogram for any reason, to further validate previously developed artificial intelligence models more diverse patient population, while also providing detailed information on echocardiogram referral patterns and patient pathways.