Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine provides state-of-the-art reviews on the application of scientific advances to the development of new prognostic, diagnostic, and therapeutic strategies for heart and vascular diseases. The areas covered include genetic studies of human cardiovascular diseases, therapeutic angiogenesis, cardiovascular gene therapy, cardiac development and congenital heart disease, channel regulation and arrhythmogenesis, coagulation disorders, novel therapeutic targets and agents, thrombotic disorders, molecular advances in hypertrophy and heart failure, genetically engineered animal models of human disease, and new insights into atherosclerotic heart disease.