Research

Saving Lives through Cardiac Research

Clinical Innovation

Our medical team has dedicated decades to clinical innovation. As a result, Florida Hospital is ranked as one of the top hospitals in the nation for patient enrollment in cardiac research studies. By participating in clinical research, patients gain access to promising new treatments and technology long before they are available to the general population - enabling our medical staff to save more lives.

Through our 23 years of research, we have been involved with the development of numerous cardiovascular innovations and treatments, including:

· Implantable defibrillators and dual chamber pacemakers.

· Coronary artery occlusion repair and devices including stents (from first generational bare metal to today’s drug eluting stents, debulking procedures such as Rotoblator® and Cutting Balloon®, thrombectomy procedures including the Possis AngioJet® Rheolytic Thrombectomy System, and the Rinspiration® system).

· Advances in coronary disease management including blood thinners and cholesterol lowering agents.

· Cardiovascular surgical advances involving annuloplasty rings, valve replacements, surgical adhesive glue, endovascular grafts and intra-operative medications to improve post-surgical outcomes.

· Arrhythmia management and treatments involving surgical and peripheral ablation techniques and therapies.

· Heart failure management and medications.

Because of the on-going nature of research, we are continually working on new clinical trials, areas of particular revolutionary concerns include:

· Refractory angina reduction via stem cell therapy.

· Atrial Fibrillation endoscopic ablation.

· Coronary Angiogenesis via gene therapy.

· Rheos™ system for essential hypertension (high blood pressure).

Please see below for a complete list of current clinical trials.

If you are a patient and feel you may be a candidate for one of our studies, or you are a physician and you are interested in referring a patient for a study, please proceed to our research inquiry form.

Clinical Trials in Cardiology/Cardiovascular Diseases

Heart-related problems and procedures are listed below. We are currently seeking participants for the highlighted listings. To see if you qualify to participate, contact one of our FHI physicians.

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Angina

• Sepia ACS , Stem Cell Therapy Trial Information and read the press release

Atrial Fibrillation

• RELY, Enable, Rocket

Arrhythmia

• RIGHT

Atheroscelerosis

Cardiac Surgery

• ONYX valve

Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery

Coronary Stenting

• PERSEUS

Coronary Catheterization Intervention Procedures

• Sepia, Resistor

Congestive Heart Failure

• ASCEND HF

Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)

Heart Disease Gene Curser Identification

High Blood Pressure

• Rheos

High Cholesterol (Hyperlipidemia)

• Improve-it

Implantable Devices (pacemakers, defibrillators)

• INSYNC-crt

Metabolic Syndrome (Syndome X)

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