Sudden cardiac death in renal failure and the use of cardiac defibrillators

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1072886

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The main cause of death among renal failure patients starting dialysis is from fatal heart rhythms leading to sudden death, preventable with defibrillators. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of the new less invasive defibrillators placed placed just under the skin. It would allow more patients to receive life saving therapy without the vascular complications. It will also improve selection criteria to identify patients who would benefit the most from defibrillators as well as advance our understanding of key predcitors of sudden death.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $404,135.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

defibrillation | electrocardiogram (ECG) | magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | myocardial fibrosis | renal dialysis | risk prediction | sudden cardiac death

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