NHLBI Recovery Act Fact Sheets

Background Information

• About the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act


• Glossary of terms related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Population Studies: Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases

• Economic Stimulus Fuels NIH Search for Genetic Disease Signatures


• Backgrounder: NHLBI Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Project

Recovery Act Investments in Heart Research

• Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)


• Coronary Artery Disease


• Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease


• Hypertension


• Obesity


• Pediatric Heart Disease (PHD)


• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

Recovery Act Investments in Lung Research

• Asthma


• Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis


• Pulmonary Hypertension (PH)


• Sleep

Recovery Act Investments in Blood Research

• Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)


• Hemophilia

Last Updated August 31, 2011