OMRF receives $3.2 million to study common cause of heart failure

With a new $3.2 million federal grant, an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist will search for a nonsurgical treatment for a degenerative heart valve disease that primarily affects older adults.

In aortic stenosis, the aortic valve narrows to about one-third its normal size, preventing normal blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Cont…