This volume brings together the work of many researchers interested in blood flow in
artificial organs and cardiovascular prostheses. Such devices have had a dramatic impact on medicine. The use of blood oxygenators and dialysers has made surgical procedures like major open-heart surgerypossible. Implantable
replacement heart valves and blood vessels are other important examples of devices which have extended the clinician's choice of treatment, and prolonged and improved the quality of patients' lives. The development of these artificial organs and cardiovascular prostheses hasbeen based on interdisciplinary
research involving clinicians, engineers, and scientists from a range of fields.
