The UHSM CMR Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The UHSM Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study
IRAS ID
159694
Contact name
Christopher Miller
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Research summary
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is an established clinical test used to diagnose heart conditions and to guide patient management. However, CMR is a relatively new technique and thus, whilst the prognostic value of some components of the CMR examination are established, the prognostic value of other information CMR provides are not well established. Furthermore, CMR imaging is a rapidly changing field and new image sequences (parts of the CMR scan) are being introduced and adopted into clinical practice all the time. The diagnostic and prognostic utility of these new parts of the CMR scan often are not well established.
This study aims to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic utility of CMR scanning in a large cohort of patients who are already undergoing CMR scanning for clinical indications. CMR indices will be related to the presence and severity of cardiovascular disease and other markers of cardiac disease.
The information that this study will provide is vital for patient care, and, as identified by the NIH, is urgently needed. Few centres have sufficient patient through-put to provide this information. The University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) CMR Unit is one of the largest in Europe, and following a planned expansion in early 2015 (5000 scans per year), will become one of the highest volume CMR centres world-wide. Thus the UHSM CMR centre is well paced to do this study, indeed it has an obligation to carry out this work and provide this information to the community in order to improve patient care, locally and internationally.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NW/1165
Date of REC Opinion
8 Aug 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion