Primary Recipient

ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE

Amount

$406,556.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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

Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in the United States with much of the morbidity and mortality resulting from plaque rupture. Strokes account for approximately 157,000 of those deaths each year. As the majority of strokes result from pla