Blood Macro- and Microcirculation

Blood represents a very challenging fluid medium in terms of theoretical description because of the scale-dependent changes of its properties and its complex mechanical and biochemical structure. Pathologies associated with blood flow and cardiovascular dysfunctions are the primary cause of mortality in the world. Intense multi-disciplinary research has now born across many disciplines, which has promoted innovative experimental and computational approaches to study blood flow at different scales and complexities and identify the key elements that trigger cardiovascular disorders. This book presents in a pedagogical way the tremendous recent progress achieved in the field of blood flow at both micro and macroscales and with increasing complexities integrating physical, chemical and biological factors. It constitutes a unique backup of idea evolutions from the early 19th centuries to nowadays and the tremendous recent progresses in experiments and simulations. It also lists future challenging issues constituting a plethora of major questions spanning the spectrum of fundamental and applied blood flow science


A balanced mixture of theory simulations and experiments
A clear evolution of ideas from 19 centuries to nowadays
A description of blood flow at different scales
A link between physical, chemical and biological factors in blood flow and diseases
A description of recently solved problems and open issues to trigger new future ideas

Sangele reprezinta un mediu fluid foarte provocator in ceea ce priveste descrierea teoretica, datorita modificarilor proprietatilor sale dependente de scara si structurii sale mecanice si biochimice complexe. Patologiile asociate cu fluxul sanguin si disfunctiile cardiovasculare sunt principala cauza a mortalitatii in lume.