U.S. Grant to Co ntinue the Support of Heart Re search at Sinai
Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, who came
to Sinai Hospital last month as its
first full-time surgery director, will
continue his research in mechani-
cal heart devices as the result of a
transfer of a $2,500,000 federal
grant to the hospital.
The grant, made originally to
Maimonides Medical Center in
Brooklyn by the National Institutes
of Health, is the
first of its kind to
be shifted from
one institution to
another.
The grant, will
provide up to
$688,000 for the
first two years
that it is con-
tinued at Sinai,
is known as a
"program proj- Dr. Kantrowitz
ect" grant, which means that it is
made to an institution to support a
number of related projects carried
out by a team of researchers.
'it is unprecedented for the NIH
to transfer a grant of this type,"
said Dr. Kantrowitz.
The grant was made initially in
1967 to Maimonides, where Dr.
Kantrowitz, who performed the
first human heart transplant in
this country, was formerly chief of
surgery.
He and his 25-member research
team consisting of surgeons, bio-
medical engineers, technicians
znd nurses, will continue work
on partial mechanical hearts as
well as conduct "further explora-
tion in heart transplants."
jeffrer Kave to .11,11-1-1.
Miss Helen Schquart:z:
"We have moved into an atmos- will have ato be developed.
phere that we all find has a poten-
Yet, in Dr. Kantrowitz's view.
tial for greatness," he said.
the total replacement artificial
Heart research at Sinai likely heart is not the answer either, at
will concentrate on mechanical de- least not for the next few years.
vices to assist the heart, rather The implantable assist device offers
than on transplants. After perform- an in-between answer that may
ing heart transplants on some 500 prove most successful in the long
dogs, Dr. Kantrowitz sees little to run.
indicate that the procedure could
One of these devices is an arti-
ever be more than a temporary
ficial pump, implanted in the
reprieve from death.
human body, that would take
over the job of the heart's main
Two of the dogs have lived
longer with heart transplants than pumping chamber, the left ven-
tricle. The pump would therefore
any other creatures, but they are
be capable of performing up to
now dying of chronic rejection.
half the work of the natural
"The hint is that even if you do
heart.
an exquisite transplant, you run
into trouble," Dr. Kantrowitz said,
"We hope that it will be in De-
adding that the indication is that troit that the first human being
transplants may never be the final with a mechanical heart is walk-
answer and that artificial pumps ing around," Dr. Kantrowitz said.
Three years ago, Dr. Kantrowitz
performed the first human heart
transplant in this country. The
operation followed by four days
the world's first transplant by Dr.
Christian Barnard in South Africa.
Most of his work in recent years,
however, has been in developing
partial mechanical hearts.
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