Baylor Scott & White Advanced Heart Failure Clinic

Atmosphere
Primary investigator: Cara East, MD
Comparison of Tekturna® vs ACE inhibitor vs combination.

HeartMate III

Primary investigator: Brian Lima, MD
Implantation of HeartMate III LVAD, compared to HeartMate II LVAS, for refractory, left heart failure.

HeartMate PHP
Primary investigator: Shelley Hall, MD
Study to evaluate the HeartMate PHP in subjects with cardiogenic shock.

HOST-48
Primary investigator: Cara East, MD
A long-term follow-up of patients who had received autologous stem cells via chest surgery. 

INTERMACS
Primary investigator: Shelley Hall, MD
A national registry for mechanical circulatory support.

ixCELLs
Primary investigator: Cara East, MD
Autologous stem cells, expanded over 2 weeks, delivered to the heart via a catheter-based system (NOGA) for CHF. 

Relax
Primary investigator: Cara East, MD
Serelaxin infusion (a mimic of endogenous relaxin) in acute, decompensated CHF. 

Renew
Primary investigator: Cara East, MD
Autologous stem cells delivered to the heart via a catheter-based system (NOGA) for angina. 

Roadmap
Primary investigator: Shelley Hall, MD
Observational study of patients who received the HeartMate II LVAD. 

Serca2a
Primary investigator: Brian Lima, MD
Gene therapy study, with genes implanted into the LV at the time of LVAD implantation. 

SSI
Primary investigator: Shelley Hall, MD
Driveline silicone skin interface registry, to look at factors that may lead to driveline infections.

PIPF13
Primary investigator: Randy Rosenblatt, MD
A study to determine the efficacy of pirfenidone in interstitial lung disease (usual interstitial pneumonitis).

Macitentan Phase IV study
Primary investigator: Jon Kuiper, MD
An outcomes study of this drug, approved last fall.

Prospect
Primary investigator: Jon Kuiper, MD
A registry for patients with primary pulmonary hypertension, who receive treatment with RTS epoprostenol.

Symphony
Primary investigator: Jon Kuiper, MD
Study of a questionnaire specific for pulmonary hypertension patients.

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