“Aortic Cannulation Guided By Epiaortic and Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography: Does it Reduce Cerebral Embolism?”
Principal Investigator: Moha J. Ali, RDCS, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada$75,000 grant for:
“Using Echocardiography Reports To Improve Guideline Compliance”
Principal Investigator: Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS, Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
$35,000 grant for:
“Left Atrial Volume in the Prediction of Stroke, Atrial Fibrillation and Death in Population-based and Referral-based Samples of Adult Men and Women”
Principal Investigator: Teresa S. M. Tsang, MD, FRCPC, FACC, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
And to honor the second year of commitments for two 2000 grants:
$66,000 grant for:
Sanjiv Kaul, MD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
“Cost-effectiveness of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Suspected CAD”
$50,000 grant for:
Karen K. Hamilton, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Use of Echo-Doppler in Optimizing Volume Status of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure Patients”
Research Fellowship Grants:
$25,000 grant for:
Marcelo A.D. Carneiro, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
” Assessment of Myocardial Viability Using Adenosine Contrast Echocardiography and Strain Rate Imaging. Comparison with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging.”
$25,000 grant for:
Danita M. Yoerger, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
” Nitric Oxide Synthase 3 Polymorphisms and Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction in Humans”
$25,000 grant for:
Vinay Thohan, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
” Characterization of Altered Beta Adrenergic Receptors in the Hibernating Human Myocardium”
Grant-in-Aid Grant:
$25,000.grant for:
Ronen Beeri, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
” Influence of Mitral Regurgitation on Myocardial Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction: Echocardiographic and Cellular Assessment”