Alfredo L. Clavell, M.D.

Closed for Enrollment

• Respiratory Muscle Training as a Quality Improvement of Perioperative Care in Cardiac Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery Rochester, Minn.

  The objectives of this study are to determine the best method for integration of respiratory muscle training (RMT) into the clinical ventricular assist device (VAD) practice at Mayo, to determine the clinical benefits of using RMT in the VAD population at Mayo Clinic, to gain initial insight on means by which RMT can impact clinical outcomes in the VAD population, and to create an algorithm for integration of perioperative RMT in the VAD and other distinct populations at Mayo Clinic.

• Surveillance HeartCare® Outcomes Registry (SHORE) (SHORE) Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla., Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical utility of surveillance using HeartCare testing services, in association with clinical care of heart transplant recipients.