Nanomedicine and the cardiovascular system / editors, Ross J. Hunter, Victor R. Preedy. - 1 online resource (ix, 476 pages) - Nanoscience applied to health and medicine . - Nanoscience applied to health and medicine. .

section 1. General methods and applications -- section 2. Focused areas, treatments and diseases.

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--Provided by publisher.

9780429066221

10.1201/b11401 doi


Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Treatment.
Nanomedicine.
Cardiovascular system--Diseases.

RC669 / .N36 2012

612.1045 / N186