Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries‎,‎ but is quickly becoming an epidemic in such well‎-populated countries as China‎,‎ India‎,‎ and other developing nations‎.‎ Cardiovascular research is the key to the prevention‎,‎ diagnosis‎,‎ and management of cardiovascular disease‎.‎ Vigorous and cross‎-disciplinary approaches are required for successful card‎- vascular research‎.‎ As the boundries between different scientific disciplines‎,‎ particularly in the life sciences‎,‎ are weakening and disappearing‎,‎ a successful investigator needs to be competent in many different areas‎,‎ including genetics‎,‎ cell biology‎,‎ biochemistry‎,‎ physiology‎,‎ and structural biology‎.‎ The newly developed field of molecular medicine is a cross‎-disciplinary science that seeks to comprehend disease causes and mechanisms at the molecular level‎,‎ and to apply this basic research to the prevention‎,‎ diagnosis‎,‎ and treatment of diseases and disorders‎.‎ This volume in the Methods in Molecular Medicine series‎,‎ C‎- diovascular Disease‎,‎ provides comprehensive coverage of both basic and the most advanced approaches to the study and characterization of cardiovascular disease‎.‎These methods will advance knowledge of the mechanisms‎,‎ diagnoses‎,‎ and treatments of cardiovascular disease‎.‎ Cardiovascular Disease is a timely volume in which the theory and pr‎- ciples of each method are described in the Introduction section‎,‎ followed by a detailed description of the materials and equipment needed‎,‎ and step‎-by‎-step protocols for successful execution of the method‎.‎ A notes section provides advice for potential problems‎,‎ any modifications‎,‎ and alternative methods‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Qing Wang
• Publisher‎:‎ Humana Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781588298928