根据美国心脏协会，心血管疾病（CVD）仍然球速体育是美国的头号死因。 Conditions for cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease leading to heart failure, are clinically silent until serious complications arise, and current diagnostic tools are unreliable, time consuming and expensive. 莫尼·k·达塔, assistant professor of bioengineering at the University of 匹兹堡 斯旺森工程学院, received a $300,000 award from the 国防部 to develop a quicker, simpler and more reliable diagnostic technology related to cardiomyopathy so that the signs of disease can be spotted and treated earlier.

Prashant N. Kumta, the Edward R. Weidlein Chair and Distinguished Professor of bioengineering, chemical and petroleum engineering, mechanical engineering and materials science, and professor of oral biology in the 口腔医学院, is co-investigator on the project with 罗伯特·l·科莫斯, the Brack G. Hattler Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

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