Cardiovascular and Cardiac Therapeutic Devices

by Thomas Franz (Editor)

Overview

This volume focuses on latest research in therapeutic devices for cardiovascular, i.e. vascular and valvular and cardiac diseases. In the area of vascular therapies, aspects covered relate to latest research in small-diameter tissue-regenerative vascular grafts, one of the greatest persisting challenges in cardiovascular therapies, stent grafts and endovascular stents for percutaneous arterial interventions. Contributions on valvular therapies focus on tissue engineered and tissue regenerative prosthetic heart valves and valvular prostheses for trans-apical implantation including the challenges posed on the prosthesis design. The section on cardiac diseases aims at covering therapeutic advances for myocardial infarction and prevention of heart failure and on in vivo biomechanics of implantable cardiac pacemaker devices. A further section complements these three areas by presenting constitutive modelling of soft biological tissues of the cardiovascular system, an area imperative for advanced numerical and computational modelling in the development and optimisation of cardiovascular devices and therapies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783662510667
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	05/02/2015
Series:	Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials , #15
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Pages:	243
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Multi-objective design of a biodegradable coronary artery stent.- Development of a fabric-reinforced porous graft for vascular tissue engineering using finite element methods and genetic algorithms.- Aortic aneurysms: OSR, EVAR, stent-grafts, migration and endoleak—current state of the art and analysis.- Flexible leaflet polymeric heart valves.- Aortic biological prosthetic valve for open-surgery and percutaneous implant: Procedure simulation and performance assessment.- Cardiac restraint and support following myocardial infarction.- In vivo mechanical loading conditions of pectorally implanted cardiac pacemakers.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Michael J Bates, MD (East Carolina University)
Description: A volume in the Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials series, this book focuses on cardiovascular and cardiac therapeutic devices and covers current research in this area.
Purpose: It covers in detail stents, grafts, prosthetic heart valves, and pacemakers and includes a detailed discussion of the state of the art of these devices.
Audience: With very detailed discussions about these highly specialized areas of investigation, this book is intended primarily for researchers. The international authors are leaders in their respective fields.
Features: This book covers the latest research in the areas of coronary stents, vascular grafts, prosthetic heart valves, the mechanics of myocardial infarction, and pacemakers. The information is detailed and directed to researchers who have specialized knowledge of these areas.
Assessment: This is an interesting contribution to the series and will be of great interest to researchers in bioengineering and clinical researchers in cardiovascular disease. This is an exciting area with dramatic developments in a system that affects a large portion of the world's population.

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From the book reviews:

“This book focuses on cardiovascular and cardiac therapeutic devices and covers current research in this area. It covers in detail stents, grafts, prosthetic heart valves, and pacemakers and includes a detailed discussion of the state of the art of these devices. With very detailed discussions about these highly specialized areas of investigation, this book is intended primarily for researchers.” (Michael Bates, Doody’s Book Reviews, August, 2014)

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