Faculty are active in patient care and, clinical and basic research.
Projects in basic research include investigations of the mechanism of cardiovascular injury and endothelium-dependent responses. There are clinical investigations in laser angioplasty, myocardial ischemia, and electrophysiology studies of cellular arrhythmia mechanisms as well as clinical trials of drugs for coronary disease, arrhythmias, hypertension and heart failure. Two National Institutes of Health training grants support three and four-year fellowship programs. Advanced training is also given in electrophysiology, angioplasty and transplantation. Electrophysiology C linical electrophysiology deals with the treatment of patients with cardiac arrythmias, and with pacemakers or implantable devices such as the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.