Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

Amount

$82,797.00

Award Date

9/06/2010

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

More than 100,000 myocardial infarction (MI) patients undergo adverse remodeling of left ventricle (LV) and progress to congestive heart failure each year. Currently, the 5 year mortality rate for CHF is 50%. A lack of early diagnostic indicators and effe