Improving Patient Care Through Innovation
The Center for Preclinical Surgical & Interventional Research was established in 1972 to advance the understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The uniquely qualified staff of physicians and researchers have unequaled clinical experience and have collaborated with government agencies and biomedical companies over the course of its 47-year history to conceive, design, test and apply new treatments, techniques and devices to improve patient care.
Researchers in these laboratories have extensive experience in mechanical circulatory support devices. In fact, this Texas Heart Institute research department has been involved in the development of nearly every device in use today, including mechanical assist devices, ventricular assist devices (VAD), left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), total artificial hearts (TAH) and simple heart pumps.
The Center for Preclinical Surgical & Interventional Research was established in 1972 to advance the understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Researchers in the Cardiovascular Surgery Research Laboratories have extensive experience in mechanical circulatory support devices. In fact, this Texas Heart Institute research department has been involved in the development of nearly every device in use today, including mechanical assist devices, ventricular assist devices (VAD), left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), total artificial hearts (TAH) and simple heart pumps.
Under the direction of one of the most respected heart surgeons in the world, Dr. O.H. Frazier, researchers in our cardiovascular surgery research labs conduct original research as well as collaborate with medical device companies and agencies around the globe in the design, development and testing of a range of innovative devices.
Director, Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratory
Senior Research Investigator; Co-Director, Cardiovascular Surgery Research
The Cardiovascular Surgery Research Laboratories encompass a 20,000 square-foot facility with the capability to support a wide variety of experiments.
The laboratories are well-suited for device implantation, operative and postoperative care and the evaluation of device performance. The labs also have specialized equipment and procedural capabilities, including engineering/in vitro testing laboratories, cinefluoroscopy, cardiopulmonary bypass/perfusion systems, echocardiography/acoustic analysis, laser systems, digital-scanning electron microscopes and an IBAS image-analysis system.
Researchers in the labs conduct original research as well as collaborate with medical device companies and agencies around the world in the design, development and testing of:
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