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Project Number: | I01CX001636-01 |
| Title: | Dietary Prevention of Heart Failure in Hypertensive Metabolic Syndrome |
| Principal Investigator: | Scott L Hummel |
| Location: | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Congressional District Code: | 12 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2017 - September 2022 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $166,806 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$904,158 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Patients with heart failure (HF) account for over 1,200,000 VA outpatient visits per year, and HF remains the most common cause for hospital admission in the VA. Approximately 1/3 of veterans with HF have `preserved' ejection fraction (HFpEF), or relatively normal contractile function of the heart; such patients suffer functional decline and poor quality of life, and half die within 5 years after diagnosis. Risk factors for developing HFpEF are more common in veterans than the general population... |