Advancing Patient Care for Heart Disease
Two of the four doctors who received CIMIT-Johnson & Johnson Young Clinician Research Awards this year focused on heart disease.
Audrey Chung Marshall, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston
Heart Disease: A positioning device to repair heart damage in utero
I am privileged to have the opportunity to try to make a difference in one of the top three heart abnormalities to cause problems in newborns. I believe with new technology we can facilitate cardiac intervention and lower fetal complication rates and procedure time. Additionally, we will not have to make a major incision in the mother, in order to try to operate on the baby. Both procedures will be minimally invasive.
Michael J. Davidson, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Heart disease: Valve repair without open-heart surgery
There are over 93,000 valve procedures performed each year and degenerative valve disease is the prevalent source of hospitalization and procedural intervention. Thus far, open heart surgery has been the mainstay for treating symptomatic heart valve disease. The availability of viable techniques for catheter-based heart valve repair and replacement will allow more patients to choose a less invasive option.
Congratulations, Dr. Marshall and Davidson! And thanks for working to improve cardiovascular disease patient care.
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4 opinions for Advancing Patient Care for Heart Disease
Andrew
May 10, 2006 at 5:27 am
As the father of a 3 year old toddler having undergone reconstruction of the mitral valve twice and aortic valve and aortic arch (open heart surgery at 5 days of age and again at 2 years) and still in Mitral Valve Stenosis requiring future surgery, this kind of work is what underpins our hope for the future.
Great to see and seemingly well deserved.
Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD
May 11, 2006 at 11:54 am
Thanks for the comment, Andrew. You’re absolutely right that there are people out there developing some fantastic new medical treatment. All the best to you and your family!
tolland
Jun 12, 2006 at 12:54 am
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Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD
Jun 12, 2006 at 2:14 am
tolland: I’m glad you you found what you were looking for! Please let me know if I can help in any way.
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