The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) awarded grants to three researchers its 2022 Annual Meeting. ISHLT grants fund research to improve the care of patients with advanced heart and lung disease through transplantation, mechanical circulatory support (MCS), and innovative therapies. The ISHLT/O.H. Frazier Award in MCS Translational Research was presented to Maziar Khorsandi, MD, FRCS C/Th, cardiothoracic surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle for “Utility of CardioMEMS HF system data in management of patients supported with durable left ventricular assist devices (LVAD)—Implications for development of a closed-loop LVAD controller,” designed to facilitate determination of optimal LVAD speed for each patient, and to allow patients with CardioMEMS to avoid repeated and ongoing testing to adjust pump speed. The award was supported by Abbott and Medtronic.
