Preface ......................................................... v
Section 1: General Methods and Applications
1 Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Cardiovascular Medical
Imaging ...................................................... 3
David P. Cormode, Ahmed Klink, Zahi A. Fayad and Willem
J.M. Mulder
2 Cell Sheet Nano Technology: Engineering and Applications to
Cardiology .................................................. 25
Yuji Haraguchi, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato, Ross J.
Hunter and Tenio Okano
3 Nanowire Field-effect Transistors and Their Applications
to Cardiology ............................................... 45
Chia-Chang Tsai, Colin R. Martin, Yen-Bin Liu, Chicn-Yuan
Pan and Yit-Tsong Chen
4 Atomic Force Microscopy and the Detection of Nanosized
Blood Microparticles ........................................ 58
Y. Yuana, M.E. Kuil, Т.Н. Oosterkamp, R.M. Bertina and
S. Osanto
5 Nanobiotechnology-based Blood Substitutes and the
Cardiovascular Systems in Transfusion Medicine .............. 77
Thomas Ming Swi Chang
6 Collagen Scaffolds and Their Application to Cardiology—
the Importance of Matrix Interactions and Nanoscale
Topography .................................................. 99
Lynn Donlon and Daniel Frankel
7 Cardiac Biomarker and Nanowire Sensor Arrays ............... 121
Guo-jun Zhang
8 Electrical Recording from Cardiac Cells and Tissue
Using Nanowire Transistors ................................. 141
Tzahi Cohen-Karni, Bozhi Tian and Charles M. Lieber
9 Nanospheres and Applications to Cardiology.
Multifunctionality: The Key to Future Success .............. 164
Andrea Masotti
10 Nanomonitor Technology and Its Applicability to
Diagnosis of Cardiac Disease ............................... 179
Shalini Prasad, Manish Bothara, Ravikiran K. Reddy,
Thomas Barrett and John Carruthers
11 Nanospin Probes and Applications to Cardiology ............. 200
Valery V. Khramtsov and Denis A. Komarov
12 Native Endothelium-mimicking Nanomatrices and
Applications ............................................... 221
Adinarayana Andukuri, Chidinma P. Anakwenze, Bryan
A. Blakeney and Ho-Wook Jun
13 Nanofibre-based Vascular Grafts ............................ 239
Sarra de Valence, Beat H. Walpoth and Michael Möller
Section 2: Focused Areas, Treatments and Diseases
14 Nanoparticle Processing of Cholesterol-Lowering Drug ....... 263
Toshiro Fukami, Toyofiuni Suzuki, Ayyahisamy Ramamoorthy
and Kazuo Tomono
15 Intratracheal Gene Transfer Using Polyplex Nanomicelles
and Their Application to Cardiology ........................ 284
Noriyuki Iwamoto and Mariko Hrada-Shiba
16 Use of Microbubbles and Nanobubbles for Diagnostic
Vascular Molecular Imaging and Therapeutic Applications .... 303
Chih-Hsien Lee, Cheng-An J. Lin, Rajkumar Rajendram and
Walter H. Chang
17 Multifunctional Nanoagents for the Detection and
Treatment of Thromboses .................................... 324
S. Sibel Erdem and Jnson R. McCarthy
18 Biodegradable Nanofibers in Cardiovascular Medicine:
Drug Delivery Application .................................. 345
Masato Mutsuga, Aika Yamawaki-Ogata, Yuji Narita, Makoto
Satake, Hiroaki Kaneko and Yuichi Ueda
19 Europium Hydroxide Nanorods and Angiogenic Processes ....... 370
Chitta Ranjan Patra
20 Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Cardiac Stem Cells ............ 391
K.W. Au, April M. Chow, Ed X. Wu and H.F. Tse
21 Nitric Oxide from Nanoparticles and Applications to
Cardiovascular Health ...................................... 407
Pedro Cabrales, Adam J. Friedman and Joel M. Friedman
Index ......................................................... 427
About the Editors ............................................. 433
Color Plate Section ........................................... 435
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