Basic and translational research initiatives within the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine include the following:

 

Cardiovascular Genetic and Genomic Sciences

This page includes an overview of cardiovascular genomic medicine at Duke, as well as pages on the following research programs: 

• Physiologic Regulation of Gene Expression/Metabolic Capacity in Skeletal Muscle 
• Molecular Biology of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle 
  
• CATHGEN 
• The AGENDA Project
• Translational Genomics
  

  

Vascular Biology

Research labs in this field include:

 

• Molecular and Genomic Vascular Receptor Biology
• Vascular Receptor Biology
  
• Immunobiology of Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
  
• Nitric Oxide Related Research 
• Progenitor Cell Therapeutics for Atherosclerotic Disease
  
• Therapeutic Angiogenesis

 

Cardiac Biochemistry

• Cardiac Biochemistry 
• Calcium Signaling in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle

 

Molecular Approaches to Heart Disease

• Molecular Mechanisms of Angiogenesis and Vascular Remodeling 
• Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertrophy/Heart Failure

 

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Research programs include: 

 

• Cardiac Electrophysiology and Tissue Engineering 
• Electrophysiology and Pharmacology of Excitable Membranes
• Regulation of Cardiac Ion Channels and Arrhythmogenesis