国家心脏、肺与血液研究所，NIH（National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH）,地址：美国,马里兰州；The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is a division of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, USA? It is tasked with allocating about 2.7 billion in tax revenue per year (fiscal year 2004 estimate) to advancing the understanding of the following issues: development and progression of disease, diagnosis of disease, treatment of disease, disease prevention, reduction of health care disparities within the American population, and advancing the effectiveness of the U.S? medical system? NHLBI's current Director is Gary H? Gibbons, M.D。