Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United Kingdom and the United States. Advanced cell therapies, tissue engineering and biomaterials technologies now offer the potential to reverse the damage caused by heart disease. The two volumes of Cardiac Regeneration and Repair present a complete picture of our current understanding of cardiac pathologies, and the novel therapies and technologies being developed to address heart disease.

Volume One explores the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure, the mechanisms responsible for adverse cardiac matrix remodeling,...