Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$208,180.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

The purpose of this grant is to develop a mouse model of pacing-induced chronic AF to elucidate the contribution of calcium channels in chronic atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting about 2.5 millio