Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Emory Hospital Midtown
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory School of Medicine
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Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engg, Georgia Tech
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Our cardiovascular biomechanics and surgery laboratory studies mechanisms and develops therapies in the broad areas of adult valvular heart disease, heart failure in valve disease, and pediatric cardiac surgery. We identify clinical problems through our collaborations with clinical surgeons and interventional cardiologists, and use bench and pre-clinical models to develop new mechanistic insights, devices, materials or surgical techniques. We validate these concepts in our lab and translate them back to the patient.
Our primary affiliation is with the Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Emory Hospital Midtown, and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery in the Emory School of Medicine. Our courtesy affiliation is with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Institute of Technology. |
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CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF SURGERY AND ENGINEERING
Treatment of cardiovascular diseases with novel surgical and interventional devices is rapidly growing. Our interdisciplinary laboratory at the interface of surgery and engineering develops new therapies for valve disease and heart failure (engineering/surgery), and understands their impact on the natural history of the disease (physiology/medicine). Our research program trains students and fellows in discovery, development and clinical translation, providing a wholesome training platform.
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