Grant: Collaborative Health Research Projects
University of Alberta
$205,294.00
Development of an ex vivo heart perfusion system for pre-transplant preservation and evaluation of donor hearts
FY 2018-19
Summary
Cardiac transplantation remains the gold standard therapy for the definitive treatment of endstage*heart failure. However the wider application of this life saving intervention is limited by*the short supply of donor organs. Compounding this problem is a high frequency of poor heart*function observed in the multi-organ donor, resulting in a low utilization rate of hearts that are*offered. We are developing a device that will provide continuous warm blood-based perfusion*of the donor heart, permitting optimal preservation of the organ as well as functional*assessment.
Program
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
508412-2017
Name nom
Freed, Darren
Department département
Biomedical Engineering
Organization id
9
Institution établissement
University of Alberta
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2018
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
205294
Program id
CHRPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Program name fr
Projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
360
Committee name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects Selection Panel
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection de projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Partie
2
Nb partie
3
Application title
Development of an ex vivo heart perfusion system for pre-transplant preservation and evaluation of donor hearts
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Cardiac transplantation remains the gold standard therapy for the definitive treatment of endstage*heart failure. However the wider application of this life saving intervention is limited by*the short supply of donor organs. Compounding this problem is a high frequency of poor heart*function observed in the multi-organ donor, resulting in a low utilization rate of hearts that are*offered. We are developing a device that will provide continuous warm blood-based perfusion*of the donor heart, permitting optimal preservation of the organ as well as functional*assessment.
