Editorial
Patient customized engineering for smart cardiovascular therapyAs research trends move towards the use of personalized medicine, many projects are focused on genetic, molecular, biological and pharmacological approaches. One of the most apparent aims of personalized medicine is to analyze and image patient-related biological processes at the cellular and molecular level and use the information provided to influence these processes therapeutically. However, personalization strategies and a correspondingly improved patient orientation also present major opportunities relative to the field of medical engineering. This is where the Aachen-based medical engineering network "innovating medical technology in.nrw" comes in: according to the guiding principle "Patient Customized Engineering" (PaCE), customized solutions and therapies are being developed, adapted to specific diseases and problems of the individual patients.