Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2007

Mentor: Lisa Forbess, M.D.
Department: Internal Medicine-Cardiology
Room number: St Paul Hospital 9th floor, HA9.133
Mail Code: 9047
Phone number: 214-645-7500
E-mail: lisa.forbess@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Echo evaluation of RV size and function in Pts with Pulmonary Hypertension.

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Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects) Clinical patient database, clinical follow-up, echo, MRI, and cath data

Brief Description of Project:
Database work on patients with pulmonary hypertension
Opportunity to learn about pulmonary hypertension, echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and catheterization findings
Opportunity for published work
Collaborative effort with Dr. Fernando Torres of Pulmonary medicine

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:
Some work with Jonathan Purcell and Dr. Gail Peterson last summer on a study of troponin elevation in patients followed in the International Collaborative Endocarditis Database

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