Internal Medicine: Section of Cardiology

Cardiology Research

 

The Section of Cardiology is actively involved in the following research studies:

  • Placement of Coronary Sinus/Left Ventricular Pacing Leads with Endocardial Solutions, Incorporated Nav-X Guidance Protocol. 
  • Principal Investigator:  Christopher Erickson, MD
  • Granting agency:  St Jude Medical, Endocardial Solutions  
  • Detection and Modulation of Vascular Inflammatory Events
  • Principal Investigator:  Daniel R. Anderson, MD, PhD
  • Granting agency:  National American Heart Association      
  • OPTIMUM Lead Insulation Material Registry
  • Principal Investigator:   Daniel R. Anderson, MD, PhD
  • Granting agency:  St. Jude Medical
  • DEfibrillators To REduce Risk by MagnetIc ResoNance Imaging Evaluation (DETERMINE)
  • Principal Investigator:  Daniel R. Anderson, MD, PhD
  • Granting agency:  St. Jude Medical
  • CryoFACTs Trial:  CryoCath Freezor CryoAblation Catheter System
  • Principal Investigator:  Arthur Easley, MD
  • Granting agency: CryoCor, Inc
  • Microbubble Potentiated Ultrasound as a New Method of Declotting Thrombosed Dialysis Grafts and Examination of the Effect of Ultrasound Attenuation on Thrombus Dissolution
  • Principal Investigator:  Thomas R. Porter, MD
  • Granting agency:  ImaRx Therapeutics
  • Sonothrombolysis of Vascular Clots with Targeted Bubbles
  • Principal Investigator:  Thomas R. Porter, MD
  • Granting agency:  ImaRx Therapeutics
  • Targeted Blood Brain Barrier Permeability Changes with Ultrasound and Microbubbles
  • Principal Investigator:  Thomas R. Porter, MD
  • Granting agency:  National Institutes of Health
  • The Definity Real Time Perfusion During Dobutamine stress Echo Database
  • Principal Investigator:  Thomas R. Porter, MD
  • Granting agency:  Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Advancing Academic and Community Practices Through IAIMS
  • Principal Investigator: John R. Windle, MD
  • Granting agencies:  
    • Department of Health and Human Services
    • National Institutes of Health
    • National Library of Medicine

For information about all current Internal Medicine clinical research studies, click here.