Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Amount

$781,049.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting over 2.5 million Americans at a cost of over 7 billion dollars per year to Medicare alone. Importantly, 15% of all strokes are attributed to atrial fibrillation with the atrial appe