Primary Recipient

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Amount

$117,670.00

Award Date

4/30/2009

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

Incidences of heart diseases are increased with age and cardiac diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure are more often found in the elderly. This study is to investigate whether chronic left vagus nerve stimulation (CLVNS) can improve ventricula