Primary Recipient

SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$323,559.00

Award Date

7/15/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Novel Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Understand Biomechanics of Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is the leading cause of acute cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke. While studies of plaque biomecha