title: Novel initiatives of the National Institutes of Health to support congenital heart disease research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In fiscally challenging times, scientists must seek creative strategies and leverage existing resources to advance research.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This review describes programmes supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to promote research in paediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease (CHD).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An understanding of NHLBI-supported research programmes will help investigators identify opportunities to collaborate with existing systems and use scientific results from existing efforts to catalyse future research in CHD.
authors.affiliation: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Gail D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kaltman
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D010372:Pediatrics; D014481:United States