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Informationen zum Autor Ross J. Hunter, Victor R. Preedy Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Methods and Applications: Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Cardiovascular Medical Imaging . Cell Sheet Nanotechnology: Engineering and Applications to Cardiology . Nanowire Field-effect Transistors and their Applications to Cardiology . Atomic Force Microscopy and the Detection of Nanosized Blood Microparticles . Nanobiotechnology Based Blood Substitutes and the Cardiovascular Systems in Transfusion Medicine. Collagen Scaffolds and their Application to Cardiology—The Importance of Matrix Interactions and Nanoscale Topography . Cardiac Biomarker and Nano Wire Sensor Arrays . Electrical Recording from Cardiac Cells and Tissue using Nanowire Transistors . Nanospheres and Applications to Cardiology. Multifunctionality: The Key of Future Success . Nanomonitor Technology and its Applicability to Diagnosis of Cardiac Disease . Nanospin Probes and Applications to Cardiology . Native Endothelium Mimicking Nanomatrices and Applications . Nanofibre Based Vascular Grafts . Focused areas, treatments and diseases: Nanoparticle Processing of Cholesterol-Lowering Drug. Intratracheal Gene Transfer using Polyplex Nanomicelles and their Application to Cardiology . Use of Microbubbles and Nanobubbles for Diagnostic Vascular Molecular Imaging and Therapeutic Applications . Multifunctional Nanoagents for the Detection and Treatment of Thromboses . Biodegradable Nanofibers in Cardiovascular Medicine: Drug Delivery Application . Europium Hydroxide Nanorods and Angiogenic Processes . Iron Oxide Nano Particles and Cardiac Stem Cells . Nitric Oxide from Nanoparticles and Applications to Cardiovascular Health . ...
