Research

In den vergangenen Jahren wurden in der Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung sehr viele Fortschritte erzielt. Dennoch darf der heutige hohe Stand nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass fast alles, was in der Medizin der Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheiten gemacht wird, lediglich eine symptomatische und keine kausale Behandlung ist und man daher etlichen Krankheitsbildern nach wie vor hilflos gegenübersteht. Nur wenn weiter geforscht wird, wird man weiter fortschreiten und in Zukunft ursächliche Therapien finden.

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Herzkinder Österreich has supported the research projects of the Pediatric Heart Center Linz Research Association from the very beginning:

Promoting the growth and function of heart chambers (heart defects in which one heart chamber is underdeveloped and therefore cannot work in the circulation are among the most common heart defects and they lead to major problems in the long term)

Fetal/prenatal intracardiac surgery (The Paediatric Heart Center Linz is one of the few centres in Europe that performs prenatal heart surgery. In 2000, a closed heart valve was successfully opened here for the first time. Since then, intracardiac surgery has been performed on well over 150 foetuses.)

Plastic Bronchitis and PLE as complications in patients after Fontan procedure. In cooperation with the Children Hospital in Philadelphia (CHOP) a very important milestone could be set in 2018. For the first time in Europe, a special therapy to combat life-threatening plastic bronchitis was successfully performed on two Fontan patients at the Pediatric Heart Center in Linz.

Further information on the research projects can be found at www.forschung-khzlinz.at.

Contact person

Katrin Brunner

Telefon: +43 664 | 574 85 58
E-Mail: k.brunner@herzkinder.at

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