Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$422,365.00

Award Date

6/02/2009

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 can lead to myocardial infarction (Ml) and subsequent heart failure. There are currently a number of therapies aimed at preventing or treating heart failure post-Mi. Only heart transplantation replaces infarcted myocardium to restor