Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$924,643.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

Idiopathic (primary) pulmonary artery hypertension in children or adults (IPAH) is a progressive and fatal disease characterized by sustained elevations of pulmonary artery pressure of unknown etiology. Vasodilators are the mainstay of therapy, however 20