Cardiac Surgery: Research
Among the Top-Funded Programs by NIH
Cardiac surgery research at the CardioVascular Institute is among the top-funded programs of its kind by the National Institutes of Health, with one of only a few NIH-funded training grants for cardiovascular surgery research. A sample of current research:
Active Clinical Research Programs
- Genomic and proteomic changes during cardiac surgery. Relevance to neurocognitive
outcome. (Frank Sellke, MD)
- Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition during cardiac surgery (Frank Sellke, MD)
- Emerging valve technologies, including St. Jude Medical’s Epic biologic valve (All surgeons)
Other Research Interests
- Novel treatment of atrial fibrillation (Kamal Khabbaz, MD, and Robert Hagberg, MD)
- Minimally invasive valve technologies (All surgeons)
- Ventricular assist device technology
- Basic Research
- Modulation of therapeutic angiogenesis (Frank Sellke, MD)
- Inflammation and vascular changes during cardiac surgery (Frank Sellke, MD)
