Primary Recipient

CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$406,250.00

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a major cause of mortality in the US. While the prophylactic implantable defibrillator has significantly reduced the incidence of SCD under the current eligibility criterion of severe