Data-driven heart disease discovery
Investigators in the Heart Institute are using big data and multiomics profiling as a launchpad to uncover new information and hypotheses about pediatric heart disease . Big data analytics would not be possible without a team of experts working together across the University of Colorado ( CU ) Anschutz Medical Campus . For example , as part of this work , it was necessary to engage with statisticians , and CU is home to the Center for Innovative Design and Analysis — an invaluable tool for researchers partnering with biostatisticians and data scientists on complex data sets .
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Why pediatric hearts fail
A team of doctors at the Heart Institute is working to uncover the exact mechanisms that lead to heart failure for some children after single ventricle surgery . The hope is to not only identify potential drugs to slow the progression , but ultimately prevent the need for a heart transplant all together . This area of pediatric research is particularly valuable because what we know about heart failure in adults is vastly different than what we know about heart failure in children . As Dr . Miyamoto puts it , “ There ’ s something different about pediatric heart failure ,” and the team at Children ’ s Colorado is determined to figure out what .
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