Pepin Heart Institute at Florida Hospital Tampa Receives Grant from U.S. Department of Defense

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investigators at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Research Institute at Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute received a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center to use infrared technology during cardiac catheterizations which will enable them (or help them anticipate) to anticipate adverse coronary events, such as heart attacks or unstable chest pain, that could happen to a stable heart patient several years in the future.