Cardiovascular and Cardiac Therapeutic Devices

ISBN-13: 9783642538353 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 243 str.

Thomas Franz

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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)

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Thomas Franz, geb 1962, Studium der Katholischen Theologie, Philosophie, Psychologie und Germanistik in Würzburg, Paris und Gießen. Diplom in Kath. Theologie 1989. Promotion in Philosophie 1998. Arbeitsschwerpunkte in den Bereichen Phänomenologie, Ontologie, Anthropologie, Ästhetik, Philosophischer Gotteslehre und Fundamentaltheologie.

Blurb

This volume focuses on latest research in therapeutic devices for cardiovascular, i.e. vascular and valvular, and cardiac diseases. Aspects of vascular therapies covered relate to stent grafts for aortic aneurysms, endovascular stents for percutaneous arterial interventions, and small- to medium-diameter tissue engineered vascular grafts - one of the greatest persisting challenges in cardiovascular therapies. Contributions on valvular therapies focus on prosthetic heart valves with flexible polymeric leaflets and patient-specific simulation for open-heart and percutaneous implantation of aortic biological heart valves including the challenges posed on the prosthesis design. The section on cardiac diseases provides contributions on advances in therapies for myocardial infarction and infarct-induced heart failure, and in vivo biomechanics of implantable cardiac pacemakers.