EHRA/HRS CONSENSUS STATEMENT 2012 EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) A registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society; and in collaboration with the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) of the ESC and the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA). Endorsed by the governing bodies of EACVI, AHA, ASE, HFSA, HFA, EHRA, HRS Task Force Chairs: Jean-Claude Daubert (Section Chair) (France), Leslie Saxon (Section Chair) (USA), Writing Committee Members: Philip B. Adamson (Section Chair) (USA), Angelo Auricchio (Switzerland and USA), Ronald D. Berger (USA), John F. Beshai (USA), Ole Breithard (Germany), Michele Brignole (Italy) John Cleland (Representative) (UK), David B. DeLurgio (USA), Kenneth Dickstein (Representative) (Norway), Derek V. Exner (Canada), Michael Gold (Section Chair) (USA), Richard A. Grimm (Representative) (USA), David L. Hayes (USA), Carsten Israel (Section Chair) (Germany), Christophe Leclercq (Section Chair) (France), Cecilia Linde (Section Chair) (Sweden), JoAnn Lindenfeld (Representative and Section Chair) (USA), Bela Merkely (Hungary), Lluis Mont (Spain), Francis Murgatroyd (UK), Frits Prinzen (The Netherlands), Samir F. Saba (USA), Jerold S. Shinbane (USA), Jagmeet Singh (Section Chair) (Switzerland and USA), Anthony S. Tang (Canada), Panos E. Vardas (Greece), Bruce L. Wilkoff (USA), Jose Luis Zamorano (Representative) (Spain). This document was approved by the European Heart Rhythm Association, a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Echocardiography, the Heart Failure Society of America, the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee, the European Association of Echocardiography of the ESC, and the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. This article is co published in HeartRhythm. The Heart Rhythm Society requests that this document be cited as follows: 2012 EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management. Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the European Heart Rhythm Association (www.escardio.org/communities/ EHRA), and the Heart Rhythm Society (www.hrsonline.org). For copies of this document, please contact Sonja Olson at the Heart Rhythm Society solson@hrsonline.org. Permis- sions: Modification, alteration, enhancement, and/or distribution of this document are not permitted without the express permission of the European Heart Rhythm Association or the Heart Rhythm Society. & 2012 by European Heart Rhythm Association, registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society. Europace (2012) 14, 1236–1286 doi:10.1093/europace/eus222 Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/europace/article/14/9/1236/2577156 by guest on 24 October 2022