Primary Recipient

RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Amount

$910,983.00

Award Date

6/01/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Following myocardial infarction, the mechanical properties of the healing scar are a critical determinant of left ventricular function, infarct expansion, aneurysm formation and rupture, and ventricular remodeling. Until recently, the only therapeutic opt