National cardiovascular projects:

• Period: November 2002 - ongiong
  Project title: PATHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL LESIONS IN CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED DISEASES (AND THEIR PULMONARY CIRCULATIONS) OF THE MYOCARDIUM AND CORONARY ARTERIES.
  Granted by: Serbian Academy of Science and Arts - Section of Medical Sciences, The Board for Cardiovascular Pathology.
  Position: Research Assistant of the Academician Prof. Dr Vladimir I. Kanjuh (Board Chairman).

• Period: January 2002 - December 2005
  Project title: LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVES AND/OR CABG - POSSIBILITIES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS.
  Granted by: Government of the Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Science Technology and Development.
  Position: Research assistant.

• Period: January 2004 - December 2005
  Project title: ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSES OF CELLULAR ENTITIES AND EXTRA CELLULAR MATRIX OF BLOOD VESSELS IN PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
  Granted by: Government of the Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Science Technology and Development.
  Position: Research assistant

• Period: January 2006 - ongoing
  Project title: CYTO-HISTOLOGICAL, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF VASCULAR REMODELING IN BLOOD VESSEL DISEASES AND ANGIOGENESIS.
  Granted by: Government of the Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Science Technology and Development.
  Position: Research assistant.

HVMB projects:

Research protocols for these projects were developed by Francisco Torrent-Guasp and Mladen J. Kocica during the collaborative work on HVMB from 2001 to 2005.

• Electrical Circulation - Examination of cardiovascular electrical events, explaining the sequence of electrical activation in the heart and its possible electrical coupling with blood vessels. Experimental research protocols are aimed to test the existence and substrate for vestigial peristalsis within circulatory system. Multiple clinical applications are proposed.
  Current status: pending *.
   

• Ventricular "Brace" Prosthesis - Project objective is to design external ventricular support device ("Brace" prosthesis), according to anatomical and functional principles derived from HVMB concept. This device is aimed to prevent, abolish and reverse ventricular remodeling and functional AV valve insufficiency.
  Current status: pending *.

• Mitral Valve - Papillary Muscles Dynamic Complex - Project describes the functional anatomy of the mitral valve - papillary muscle complex, in a light of the HVMB concept. Research protocol is aimed to analyze the function of the LV papillary muscles, underlying importance of preserving mitral-papillary connection during the mitral valve replacement. Protocol analyzes the possibility to correct the mitral and tricuspid regurgitation using the ventricular "Brace" prosthesis.
  Current status: pending *.

* I am looking for institutions, research groups and individuals, interested in participation, funding and realization of these projects.