Heart : official journal of the British Cardiac Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
The Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac Markers (RATPAC) trial: a randomised controlled trial of point-of-care cardiac markers in the emergency department.
To determine whether using a point-of-care cardiac biomarker panel would increase the rate of successful discharge home after emergency department assessment, and affect the use of cardiac tests and treatments, subsequent attendance at or admission to hospital and major adverse events. ⋯ Point-of-care panel assessment increases successful discharge home and reduces median length of stay, but does not alter overall hospital bed use.
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To compare the effects of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) on left ventricular (LV) reverse remodelling in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) associated or not with isolated ventricular non-compaction (IVNC). ⋯ Patients with IVNC-DCM had greater LV reverse remodelling after CRT than patients with DCM. The greater the area of non-compaction (higher number of IVNC segments) the greater the chance of achieving CRT response and greater LV reverse remodelling.