Heart disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries.
Recent experimental advances featuring cellular, molecular, and genetic tools
and technologies offer the potential for new therapeutic strategies directed
toward remediation of inherited and acquired heart diseases. Whether these
recent basic science advances will ultimately translate to clinical efficacy for
patients with heart disease is unknown and is important to ascertain. Cardiac
Cell and Gene Transfer: Principles, Protocols, and Applications is designed to
provide the reader with up-to-date coverage of a myriad of specific methodologies
and protocols for gene and cell transfer to the myocardium. Each chapter
features a “Notes” section that provides useful “how to” problem-solving
insights that are often left unstated in standard published protocols.