This volume of the series Cardiac and Vascular Biology presents the most relevant aspects of vascular mechanobiology along with many more facets of this fascinating, timely and clinically highly relevant field. Mechanotransduction, mechanosensing, fluid shear stress, hameodynamics and cell fate, are just a few topics to name. All important aspects of vascular mechanobiology in health and disease are reviewed  by some of the top experts in the field. This volume, together with a second title on cardiac mechanobiology featured in this series, will be of high relevance to scientists and clinical researchers in the area of vascular biology, cardiology and biomedical engineering.

Prof. Markus Hecker is Managing Director of the Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Germany.

Prof. Dirk Jan Duncker, PhD, MD is an established PI in the field of cardiovascular research and heart failure and head of the department of experimental cardiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.