1. Introduction, Glenn R. Gaudette & Ira S. Cohen
Section 1: Stem Cells for Regeneration of Mechanical Function
2. Inducing embryonic stem cells to become cardiac myocytes, Alexander M. Becker, Michael Rubart and Loren J. Field
3. Regenerating function in vivo with myocytes derived from embryonic stem cells, Priya R. Baraniak and Todd C. McDevitt
4. Excitation-contraction coupling, functional properties, autonomic and hormonal regulation in human embryonic stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes, Oshra Sedan and Ofer Binah
5. Embryonic stem cell derivatives for cardiac therapy: advantages, limitations and long term prospects, Michal Weiler-Sagie and Lior Gepstein
6. Methods for Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells into Myocytes, Shinji Makino and Keiichi Fukuda
7. Homing, Survival, and Paracrine Effects of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells, Sergey Doronin
8. Bone marrow cell therapy after myocardial infarction: What have we learned from the clinical trials and where are we going?, Kai C. Wollert
9. Evidence for the existence of resident cardiac stem cells, Isotta Chimenti, Roberto Gaetani, Lucio Barile, Elvira Forte, Vittoria Ionta, Francesco Angelini, Elisa Messina and Alessandro Giacomello
10. Multiple sources for cardiac stem cells and their cardiogenic potential, Antonio Paolo Beltrami, Daniela Cesselli, and Carlo Alberto Beltrami
11. Skeletal muscle stem cells in the spotlight: the satellite cell, Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni and Kenneth Day
12. Regenerating Mechanical Function in vivo with Skeletal Myoblasts, Todd K. Rosengart and Muath Bishawi
13. Methods for inducing pluripotentcy, Raymond L. Page, Christopher Malcuit and Tanja Dominko
14. Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiac Regeneration, Naama Zeevi-Levin and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor
15. Induced Pluripotent Cells for Myocardial Infarction Repair, Timothy J. Nelson and Andre Terzic
Section 2: Stem Cells for Regeneration of Electrical Function
16. Substrates of cardiac Re-entrant Arrhythmias: the Possible Role of Tissue Regeneration and Replacement, André G. Kléber
17. Integration of stem cell into the cardiac synsitium: formation of gap junctions, Peter R. Brink, Ira S. Cohen and Richard T. Mathias
18. Bradyarrhythmia therapies: the creation of biological pacemakers and restoring AV node function, Richard B. Robinson
19. Tachyarrhyhmias therapies: approaches to atrial fibrillation and post-infarction ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, J. Kevin Donahue and Kenneth R. Laurita
20. Long term prospects for arrhythmia treatment: advantages and limitations of gene and cell therapies, Michael R. Rosen
Section 3: Regenerating Cardiac Tissues
21. Regenerating Blood Vessels, Tracy A. Gwyther and Marsha W. Rolle
22. Regenerating Heart Valves, Benedikt Weber and Simon P. Hoerstrup
23. Tissue engineering strategies for cardiac regeneration, Amandine F. G. Godier-Furnémont, Yi Duan, Robert Maidhof and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Section 4: Technial Issues for Stem Cell Therapy in the Heart
24. Methods of Cell Delivery for Cardiac Repair, Sarah Fernandes and Hans Reinecke
25. Tracking of stem cells in vivo, Yingli Fu and Dara L. Kraitchman
26. Assessing Regional Mechanical Function after Stem Cell Delivery, Jacques P. Guyette and Glenn R. Gaudette
