Functionalised Cardiovascular Stents

Functionalized Cardiovascular Stents describes the fundamentals of cardiovascular stents, the technologies that functionalize their surfaces, and the market status of these important implants. As cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality in the western world, with about half of these deaths caused by coronary artery disease, this book focuses on several treatments, including the deployment of an arterial stent to keep the vessel open. Provides a specific focus on cardiovascular stentsIncludes a range of topics covering the fundamentals, surface modification and biofunctionalizationProvides essential knowledge for researchers on advances in the field INDICE: 1. Overview of cardiovascular stent designs 2. Fundamentals of bare metal stents 3. Development of drug eluting stents (DES) 4. polymer-free drug-eluting stents 5. Fundamentals of biodegradable and bioabsorbable stents 6. Physical and mechanical surface modification of cardiovascular stents 7. Surface passivation (chemical vapour deposition) of cardiovascular stents 8. Polymer coatings for biocompatibility and reduced non-specific adsorption 9. Stability of stent coatings 10. Simple one-step immobilisation of bioactive agents without use of chemicals on plasma activated low thrombogenic stents coatings 11. Chemistry of targeted immobilisation of biomediators 12. In vitro coating of cardiovascular stents with cells (EPCs) 13. Nitric oxide donor delivery 14. Immobilisation of peptides on cardiovascular stents 15. Immobilisation of antibodies on cardiovascular stents 16. Bioresorbable metallic stents

• ISBN: 978-0-08-100496-8
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 630
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés