Last updated: January 2012

• Frailty Study –Impact of frailty on outcomes in elderly (>65 yrs) cardiac surgical patients
• Thoratec HeartMate II LVAS Pivotal Study – multicenter study of ventricular assist devices for destination therapy patients
• COCAD Study – longitudinal study of cognitive outcomes in patient with coronary artery disease
• Stroke database study – review of brain MRI’s in patients with stroke after cardiac surgery
• Aortic Valve Operative Outcomes in Marfan syndrome patients
• Hypoperfusion and stroke after CABG surgery
• Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
• GeneTICS – MSSA Swabs
• National Registry of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions (GenTAC)
• Evaluation of the HeartWare LVAD System for the treatment of advanced heart failure
• Prospective Randomized On-X Valve Anticoagulation Clinical Trial (PROACT)
• Cardiac Structural & Functional Assessments using Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Imaging
• Continuous Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring to reduce brain injury from cardiac surgery
• MRI of cerebrovascular reactivity using induced hypercapnia and its relationship with mild cognitive decline (RespirAct)
• Red Cell Storage Duration in Cardiac Surgery Patients (RECESS)
• A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Unblinded, Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Evaluate the HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System for Destination Therapy of Advanced Heart Failure
• Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Pivotal Trial (High risk surgical patients)
• Serum Biomarkers to Predict Brain Injury Study
• Benefits of Post-Pyloric Feeding Tubes in Critically Ill Patients
• AV Pacing Wire Study
• Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Heart Surgery (NOAHS)
• The EXCEL trial: Abbott Vascular EXCEL Clinical Trial: Evaluation of Xience Prime or Xience V versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularization
• Genetic Determinants of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
• Prospective Analysis of an Intraoperative Urine Flow, Biomarker Profiles and Impact on Clinical Outcomes
• Congenital Heart Surgeon Society Database (CHSS)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database participant
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database participant
• INTERMAC’s Mechanical Circulatory Assist Device Registry