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The Clinical and Integrative Cardiovascular Sciences [CICS] Study Section considers patient oriented research involving the cardiovascular system and related regulatory organ systems.   Patient oriented research is defined as studies involving investigation of the cardiovascular system of humans, including autonomic physiology and exercise cardiovascular studies and extending to include surgery and pediatrics. Clinical trials that are secondary prevention focusing on outcomes may be assigned to CICS.  Applications for randomized multi-center clinical trials are not appropriate for CICS.  Specific areas covered by CICS:

• Human clinical studies (and appropriate translational animal studies): including pediatric populations, mechanisms and consequences of disease:  Investigations may include: coronary physiology and pharmacology, cardiac electrophysiology, regional circulations, hemodynamic studies, cardiac mechanics, and genetic considerations in cardiovascular studies.  Disease states can include: cardiac or vascular ischemia, hypertension, diabetes, thyroid disease, atherosclerosis, general inflammation, or hypercholesterolemia. 
• Modulation of cardiac/cardiovascular responses and adaptations: influence of acute and chronic exercise on metabolic function and cardiac, vascular smooth muscle, and vascular endothelial function(s).  Pregnancy and aging may be considered modulatory influences.
• Neural control of the cardiovascular system:  includes healthy and diseased populations and central and peripheral autonomic physiology, pharmacology, and receptor mechanisms. 
• Clinical, population, or translational studies of the responses of the cardiovascular system to trauma or surgery: arrhythmias associated with cardiac surgery or cardiopulmonary bypass, cardiac sudden death, resuscitation, stenting, pacemakers;,cardiovascular injury and repair, and myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.
• Environmental stresses and modifying conditions/stimuli: smoking, altitude, microgravity, heat, cold, bed rest/deconditioning, and environmental pollution in patients.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Cardiac Contractility, Hypertrophy, and Failure [CCHF] 
Hypertension and Microcirculation Study Section [HM] 
Atherosclerosis and Inflammation of the Cardiovascular System [AICS] 
Cardiovascular and Sleep Epidemiology [CASE] 
Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences [BTSS]