PrefaceContributors ListChapters:1) The evolving concept of oxidative stressDenise de Castro Fernandes, Diego Bonatto, Francisco R. M. Laurindo2) Mechanisms of redox signaling in cardiovascular diseaseRebecca L. Charles, Joseph R. Burgoyne and Philip Eaton3) Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in cardiovascular differentiation of stem cellsHeinrich Sauer and Maria Wartenberg?4) Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and the sensory neurovascular componentRabea Graepel BSc, Jennifer Victoria Bodkin BSc, MRes, & Susan Diana Brain BSc, PhD5) Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species in Myocardial Pre- and Post-ConditioningAriel R. Cardoso, Bruno B. Queliconi* and Alicia J. Kowaltowski6) Coenzyme Q9/Q10 and Healthy HeartSamarjit Das, Somak Das and Dipak K. Das7) Oxidative and proteolytic stress in homocysteine associated cardiovascular diseasesKarni S. Moshal, Munish Kumar, Neetu Tyagi, Paras Kumar Mishra, Saumi Kundu, Suresh C. Tyagi8) Functional studies of NADPH oxidases in human vasculatureTomasz J Guzik9) Relationship of the CYBA gene polymorphisms with oxidative stress and cardiovascular riskGuillermo Zalba, PhD and Javier D?ez, MD, PhD10) Redox-related genetic markers of cardiovascular diseasesChristian Delles, MD, and Anna F. Dominiczak, MD11) NADPH oxidases and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in strokeTimo Kahles, MD, Sabine Heum?ller and Ralf P. Brandes, MD12) Smoking-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular DiseasesDavid Bernhard PhD13) Oxidative Stress in Vascular AgingAnna Csiszar, MD, PhD and Zoltan Ungvari, MD, PhD14) Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes MellitusDivya Gupta, Kathy K. Griendling and W. Robert Taylor15) Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress and HypertensionRhian M Touyz MD, PhD, Andreia Chignalia, MSc, Mona Sedeek PhD16) Peripartum cardiomyopathy: Role of STAT-3 and reactive oxygen speciesDenise Hilfiker-Kleiner, PhD, Arash Haghikia, MD, andAndres Hilfiker, PhD17) Oxidative stress and inflammation alS"