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17 January 2022

Funding received from private foundations

Friday 9 December 2021 I received funding for the clinical project Current practices and long-term outcome of myocardial revascularization. The research project is initiated in collaboration with researchers from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden.

A total of 494,415 DKK was received from Inge og Asker Larsens Fond (200,000 DKK), Jens Anker Andersen Fonden (124,415 DKK), A. P. Møller Fonden – Fonden til Lægevidenskabens Fremme (100,000 DKK), Ketty og Ejvind Lyngsbæks Fond (50,000 DKK), Familien Hede Nielsens Fond (10,000 DKK), and Carl og Ellen Hertz’s legat (10,000 DKK).

The grants are to be used for the project, where we are investigating current myocardial revascularization practices, including the use of conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery, minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery through a J-shaped hemisternotomy (JOPCAB), and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in Denmark and Sweden. Furthermore, we want to compare the long-term outcome of these revascularisation strategies.

The project group consist of:

  • Affiliated Researcher, Medical Student Alexander Emil Kaspersen, BSc (project leader)
    Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Associate Professor, Consultant Ivy Susanne Modrau, MD dr.med. (German) (principal investigator)
    Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Professor, Consultant Anders Jeppsson, MD PhD
    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Associate Professor Michael Mæng, MD PhD
    Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Associate Professor Susanne Nielsen, RN PhD
    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Consultant Per Hostrup Nielsen, MD
    Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Read more about the project on the website of our department.

17 January 2022