Rat Carotid Artery Balloon Injury Model / David A. Tulis -- Histological And Morphometric Analyses For Rat Carotid Balloon Injury Model / David A. Tulis -- Plaque Rupture Model In Mice / Takeshi Sasaki, Kae Nakamura And Masafumi Kuzuya -- Immunostaining Of Mouse Atherosclerotic Lesions / Hong Lu, Debra L. Rateri And Alan Daugherty -- Surgical Animal Model Of Ventricular Hypertrophy / Giuseppe Marano And Alberto U. Ferrari -- Animal Models Of Hypertension / Brett M. Mitchell, Thomas Wallerath And Ulrich Förstermann -- Rat Models Of Cardiac Insulin Resistance / Sanjoy Ghosh, Brian Rodrigues And Jun Ren -- The Isolated, Perfused Pseudo-working Heart Model / Gary J. Grover And Rajni Singh -- Altering And Analyzing Glucose Metabolism In Perfused Hearts Of Transgenic Mice / Rajakumar V. Donthi And Paul N. Epstein -- Methods In The Evaluation Of Cardiovascular Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Activation And Oxidative Stress / Camila Manrique -- Detection And Quantification Of Apoptosis In The Vasculature / Wendy A. Boivin And David J. Granville -- Endothelial Progenitor Cell And Mesenchymal Stem Cell Isolation, Characterization, Viral Transduction / Keith R. Brunt, Sean R. R. Hall, Christopher A. Ward, And Luis G. Melo -- Assessment Of Endothelial Damage/dysfunction: A Focus On Circulating Endothelial Cells / Christopher J. Boos, Andrew D. Blann, And Gregory Y. H. Lip -- Evaluation Of Endothelial Function By In Vivo Microscopy / Rosario Scalia -- Hapotaxis Of Endothelial Cell Migration Under Flow / Steve Hsu, Rahul Thakar, And Song Li -- Isolation, Culture, And Functional Analysis Of Adult Mouse Cardiomyocytes / Ronglih Liao And Mohit Jain -- Mechanical Measurement Of Contractile Function Of Isolated Ventricular Myocytes / Loren E. Wold And Jun Ren -- Studying Ischemia And Reperfusion In Isolated Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes Using Coverslip Hypoxia / Kelly R. Pitts And Christopher F. Toombs -- Isolation And Functional Studies Of Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells / Nair Sreejayan And Xiaoping Yang -- Detection Of Reactive Oxygen Species And Nitric Oxide In Vascular Cells And Tissues / Hua Cai, Sergey Dikalow, Kathy K. Griendling, And David G. Harrison -- Assessment Of Protein Glycoxidation In Ventricular Tissues / Shi-yan Li And Jun Ren -- Assessment Of Pi-3 Kinase And Akt In Ischemic Heart Diseases In Diabetes / Takashi Matsui And Amy J. Davidoff -- Two-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis In Platelet Proteomics Research / Ángel García -- Stem Cell Therapy In The Heart And Vasculature / Loren E. Wold, Wangde Dai, Joan S. Dow, And Robert A. Kloner. Edited By Nair Sreejayan, Jun Ren. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.