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Current thrust is aimed at understanding the mitral valve and subvalvular mitral apparatus and transmural LV wall strains, thickening, and myolaminar fiber-sheet mechanics.\r\n\r\nClinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aortic dissection, aneurysm) and "},{"lastName":"Dake","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Endovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael D. Dake","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Dake","researchInterest":"Improved endovascular procedures and devices to treat aortic lesions, peripheral arterial disease and venous abnormalities. Focused interest in drug-eluting stents and balloons, endovascular stent-grafts, including branched aortic devices and techniques for the endovascular management of aortic dissection. 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Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Fischbein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Aortic Diseases"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7579&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Fischbein","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Fischbein","researchInterest":"Molecular and genetic mechanisms of aortic aneurysm/dissection development. Molecular mechanisms of aneurysm formation in Marfan Syndrome. 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Our group is interested in studying both the early and late phases of atherosclerosis so that we can better develop prevention and treatment strategies."},{"lastName":"Hovsepian","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8247&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Hovsepian","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Hovsepian","researchInterest":"I am interested in the diagnosis and treatment of vascular malformations in both children and adults; all aspects of gynecological intervention, especially uterine fibroid embolization; and in the developing sciences of quality, safety, and radiology informatics."},{"lastName":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Preventive Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Mobile Health"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael V. 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In particular, he is investigating invasive methods for evaluating the coronary microcirculation.  His research is currently funded by an NIH R01 Award."},{"lastName":"Sze","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Oncology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Radiology"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4714&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Sze","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Sze","researchInterest":"Transarterial administration of chemotherapeutics, radioactive microspheres, and biologics for the treatment of unresectable tumors; Stent and Stent-graft treatment of peripheral vascular diseases, aneurysms, aortic dissections; management of portal hypertension (TIPS); Percutaneous treatment of complications of organ transplantation; Venous reconstruction; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided interventions."},{"lastName":"Yock","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Graduate School of Business"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Mechanical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4700&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Yock, MD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Yock","researchInterest":"Device development and testing in interventional, cardiology including angioplasty, atherectomy, and stents;, intravascular ultrasound:  development and clinical trials; advanced, coronary imaging techniques including x-ray topography; coronary, hemodynamics especially velocity and pressure measurements"},{"lastName":"Vagelos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"valvular heart disease"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Radiation/Chemotherapy induced cardiac disease"},{"focus":"Pericardial disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4105&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Randall Vagelos, MD","firstName":"Randall","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Vagelos","researchInterest":"I. Congestive Heart Failure New Medical Therapies Prognostic Evaluation Selection for Cardiac Transplantation II. Screening for Myocardial Necrosis New ECG Monitoring Devices New Serum Markers III. Screening for CAD Patients Who Have Received Radiation Rx Diabetics Being Considered for Renal Transplantation\r\nIV. Advanced coronary and valvular disease, evaluationg candidacy for high risk interventions."},{"lastName":"Pelc","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4111&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norbert Pelc","firstName":"Norbert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Norbert_Pelc","researchInterest":"Broadly, Dr. Pelc is interested in the physics, engineering and mathematics of medical imaging, especially computed tomography, digital x-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and hybrid multimodality systems.  His current research is concentrated in the development of computed tomography systems with higher image quality and dose efficiency, in the characterization of system performance, and in the development and validation of new clinical applications."}]}