Past Recipients of the ISHLT/O.H. Frazier Grant in MCS Translational Research
2022
Supported by Abbott and Medtronic
Maziar Khorsandi, MD, FRCS c/Th
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Project: "Utility of CardioMEMS HF system data in management of patients supported with durable left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) – implications for development of a closed-loop LVAD controller"
2021
Supported by Medtronic
Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
"Impact of Continuous-Flow Mechanical Circulatory Support on Cerebrospinal Fluid Motility"
2020
Supported by Medtronic
Jordan R.H. Hoffman, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
"Evaluation of coronary artery blood flow with fractional flow reserve- computed tomography (FFR-CT) in advanced heart failure patients after left ventricular assist device implantation"
2019
Supported by Medtronic
Jasmin Hanke, MD
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
"Hemodynamic Effects of Mechanical Unloading of the Systemic Ventricle in a Chronic Fontan Animal Model"
2018
Supported by Medtronic
Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD, FRACP
St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
"Combination of Haemostatic Profile and Vascular Angiogenic Markers as Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding - The First Step to Personalization of Antiplatelet Therapy in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Supported Patients"
2017
Supported by Medtronic
Yasuhiro Shudo, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Nanotechnological Approach to Evaluate Myocardial Reverse Remodeling Following HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device Implantation"
2016
Supported by Medtronic
Todd Dardas, MD, MS
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
"The role of transplant rates on choice of left ventricular assist device or maximal medical therapy"
2015
Supported by Medtronic
Alexander Bernhardt, MD
University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
"Permanent Complete vs. Partial Left Ventricular Support in Sheep-influence on the Humoral Axis and Endothelial Function"
2014
Supported by Medtronic
Leigh Reardon, MD
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
"Mechanical Circulatory Support for the Fontan Circulation"