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Grant: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Primary Recipient

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$11,286.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

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

Bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs) derived from glutaraldehyde-crosslinked porcine aortic valves are used annually in thousands of heart valve replacement surgeries. These devices often fail clinically due degeneration and pathologic calcification. Underst