Primary Recipient

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC., THE

Amount

$410,200.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Pulmonary hypertension encompasses a group of diseases characterized by high pulmonary artery pressure of unknown mechanism. While the exact pathogenesis is unclear, a common pathological feature is abnormal pulmonary vasoconstriction. One form of pulmo