Preventive Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure Referred for Heart Transplantation Evaluation: Rationale for and Design of the CASTLE-VT Trial
CASTLE-VT will determine whether prophylactic catheter ablation of arrhythmogenic ventricular scar tissue reduces mortality in patients with end-stage HF who are referred for HTx evaluation.
Authors
- Frank Konietschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5674-2076)
- Christian Sohns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0490-5862)
- Volker Rudolph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5385-6839)
- Martin Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1230-9260)
- Nassir F. Marrouche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-0541)
- Jan Fritz Gummert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6956-9110)
- Thomas Fink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6665-7326)
- Samuel Tobias Sossalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-2673)
- Maximilian Moersdorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0148-0080)
- Vanessa Sciacca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6303-2040)
- Philipp Sommer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-8704)
- A. Costard-Jaeckle
- René Schramm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5803-3575)
- Maxim Didenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3966-5651)
- Mustapha El Hamriti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4107-5178)
- Harry J.G.M. Crijns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-5337)
- Jan G.P. Tijssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-2628)
Institutions
- Tulane University (US)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- Bielefeld University (DE)
- Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia (DE)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Zimmer Biomet (Germany) (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- Kerckhoff Klinik (DE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Heart Failure
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3512
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.41
Funders
- European Society of Cardiology