Nanomedicine and the Cardiovascular System

The nanosciences are a rapidly expanding field of research with applicability to all areas of health and disease prevention, including cardiology in its broadest sense. This book covers a variety of nano subjects and areas as applied to the heart and circulatory system. There are state-of-the-art chapters on nanoparticles, nanowires, nanoscale topography, nanosensors, nanospheres, nanospin probes, nanomatrices and nanobubbles to name but a few topics. Their applications to cardiovascular disorders and their treatments are also described.

General Methods and ApplicationsNanoparticle Contrast Agents for Cardiovascular Medical ImagingDavid P. Cormode, Ahmed Klink, Zahi A. Fayad and Willem J. M. MulderCell Sheet Nanotechnology: Engineering and Applications to CardiologyYuji Haraguchi, Tatsuya Shimizu,Masayuki Yamato, Ross J. Hunter and Teruo OkanoNanowire Field-effect Transistors and their Applications to CardiologyChia-Chang Tsai, Colin R. Martin,Yen-Bin Liu, Chien-Yuan Pan and Yit-Tsong ChenAtomic Force Microscopy and the Detection of Nanosized Blood MicroparticlesY. Yuana, M.E. Kuil,T.H. Oosterkamp, R.M. Bertina and S. OsantoNanobiotechnology Based Blood Substitutes and the Cardiovascular Systems in Transfusion Medicine:Thomas Ming Swi ChangCollagen Scaffolds and their Application to Cardiology—The Importance of Matrix Interactions and Nanoscale TopographyLynn Donlon and Daniel FrankelCardiac Biomarker and Nano Wire Sensor ArraysGuo-Jun ZhangElectrical Recording from Cardiac Cells and Tissue using Nanowire TransistorsTzahi Cohen-Karni, Bozhi Tian and Charles M. LieberNanospheres and Applications to Cardiology. Multifunctionality: The Key of Future SuccessAndrea MasottiNanomonitor Technology and its Applicability to Diagnosis of Cardiac DiseaseS. Prasad, M. Bothara, R.K. Reddy, Thomas Barrett and John CarruthersNanospin Probes and Applications to CardiologyValery V. Khramtsov and Denis A. KomarovNative Endothelium Mimicking Nanomatrices and ApplicationsAdinarayana Andukuri, Chidinma P. Anakwenze, Bryan A. Blakeney and Ho-Wook Jun Nanofibre Based Vascular GraftsSarra de Valence, Beat H. Walpoth and Michael MöllerFocused areas, treatments and diseasesNanoparticle Processing of Cholesterol-Lowering DrugToshiro Fukami, Toyofumi Suzuki, Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy and Kazuo TomonoIntratracheal Gene Transfer using Polyplex Nanomicelles and their Application to CardiologyNoriyuki Iwamoto and Mariko Hrada-ShibaUse of Microbubbles and Nanobubbles for Diagnostic Vascular Molecular Imaging and Therapeutic ApplicationsChih-Hsien Lee, Cheng-An J. Lin, Rajkumar Rajendram and Walter H. ChangMultifunctional Nanoagents for the Detection and Treatment of ThrombosesS. Sibel Erdem and Jason R. McCarthyBiodegradable Nanofibers in Cardiovascular Medicine: Drug Delivery ApplicationMasato Mutsuga, Aika Yamawaki-Ogata, Yuji Narita, Makoto Satake, Hiroaki Kaneko and Yuichi UedaEuropium Hydroxide Nanorods and Angiogenic ProcessesChitta Ranjan PatraIron Oxide Nano Particles and Cardiac Stem CellsK.W. Au, April M. Chow, Ed X. Wu and H.F. TseNitric Oxide from Nanoparticles and Applications to Cardiovascular HealthPedro Cabrales, Adam J. Friedman and Joel M. Friedman