Pioneers in the field, the authors have assembled an excellent team of contributors who offer their experience on threatened vessel closure and restenosis, acute thrombosis, hyperproliferative cellular response, stents and local drug delivery. They share their expertise on all aspects of the field, including a discussion of results from preclinical and clinical studies, and they examine alternative methods of molecular delivery to the vessel wall.

Cardiologists, pharmacologists, cardiac surgeons and trainees will find Handbook of Local Drug Delivery a useful reference.

Contents

1. General Introduction
2. Syllabus of the Platforms of Local Drug Delivery
3. Inert and Non-Eluting Stent Coatings
4. Drug Eluting Coatings
5. Syllabus of Therapeutic Agents
6. Preclinical Studies
7. Catheter-Based and Non-Stent-Based Intravascular Delivery
8. Stent-Based Intravascular Delivery
9. Clinical Studies
10. Alternative Methods of Molecular Delivery to the Vessel Wall

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