In 1987, when the third renewal of the Ischemic Heart Disease Specialized Centers of Research renewal was considered, the Cardiology Advisory Committee recommended that the scope of the SCORs should be broadened to include peripheral vascular disease, congenital heart disease, and heart failure. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council concurred in this recommendation and the Request for Applications for a Specialized Centers of Research in Coronary and Vascular Disease, Heart Failure and Congenital Heart Disease was issued in July 1987. The study was renewed in 1999 as P50HL62178.