Guaranteeing survival into adulthood, physical health and psychological well-being to children born with single ventricles.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1082186

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Being born with a single pumping heart chamber is the most severe heart condition but thanks to several operations we can see them survive. A growing population of young functional adults now face an uncertain future and we have no options for them. A/Pr Y d’Udekem is a leading paediatric cardiac surgeon. His research aims to provide the medications, reinterventions and artificial hearts that are necessary to give them a longer and fulfilling life.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Practitioner Fellowships

Funding Amount: $342,773.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cardiac surgery | congenital heart disease | heart transplantation | quality of life | survival rate

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