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Paediatric heart failure research: role of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2015

Kristin M. Burns
Kristin M. Burns*
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Correspondence to: K. M. Burns, MD, Medical Officer, Heart Development and Structural Diseases Branch, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 8220, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America. Tel: +301 594 6859; Fax: +301 480 2858; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, of the National Institutes of Health, is committed to supporting research in paediatric heart failure. The Institute’s support of paediatric heart failure research includes both investigator-initiated grants and Institute initiatives. There were 107 funded grants in paediatric heart failure over the past 20 years in basic, translational and clinical research, technology development, and support of registries. Such research includes a broad diversity of scientific topics and approaches. The Institute also supports several initiatives for paediatric heart failure, including the Pediatric Circulatory Support Program, the Pumps for Kids, Infants, and Neonates (PumpKIN) Program, PediMACS, and the Pediatric Heart Network. This review article describes the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s past, present, and future efforts to promote a better understanding of paediatric heart failure, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes.

Keywords

Paediatric heart failurepaediatric cardiomyopathypaediatric heart transplantationresearch
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Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Supplement S2: Special Supplement of Cardiology in the Young: Proceedings of the 2015 International Paediatric Heart Failure Summit of Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute , August 2015 , pp. 167 - 171
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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Footnotes

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Presented at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, International Pediatric Heart Failure Summit, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, 4–5 February, 2015.

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