Arai Lab

About:

Arai’s lab is dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of cardiac disease in dogs and cats with the dual objective of improving animal health and contributing to broader comparative cardiovascular science.

Collaborations:

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Mitral valve disease

• Investigation of the mechanisms of degenerative mitral valve disease in dogs
• Immunological exploration in dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease

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Cardiac fibrosis

• Establishment of in-vitro assay for testing canine cardiac remodeling
• Evaluations of anti-fibrotic drugs to prevent or reverse cardiac remodeling

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Congenital heart valve disease

• Long-term follow-up of dogs with tricuspid valve dysplasia
• Outcome of surgical tricuspid valve repair in dogs with tricuspid valve dysplasia
• Efficacy of drugs to reverse remodeling for dogs with tricuspid valve dysplasia
• Mitral valve repair and replacement for dogs with mitral valve dysplasia

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Perfusion

• Validation of ForeSight tissue oximetry sensor in dogs for the measurement of regional cerebral oxygen saturation
• Cardiopulmonary bypass in dogs

People

Shiori Arai

Associate Professor
Cardiac Surgery

Office: 970-297-3806

[email protected]

Jack Helmering

Research Associate

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Katie Abbot-Johnston

Research Associate

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Samantha Masca

DVM Student

Alyssa Gerrad

University of Colorado Anschutz
MD student