Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$409,432.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Hypertrophic growth of adult cardiac myocytes is a clinical manifestation of many cardiovascular disorders and is often a direct cause of heart failure. Occurring as a compensatory response to cardiac stress, it involves thickening of the heart muscle an