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Modeling the Cardiovascular System — A Mathematical Adventure : Part II

Using atherosclerosis as an example, the author pointed out in Part I of this article (SIAM News, June 2001, page 1) that effective and accurate numerical simulation tools could lead to real breakthroughs in the medical treatment of cardiovascular disease. Here, concluding the article, he points to the tremendous diversity of the human cardiovascular system, and the difficulty of coupling the different mathematical models appropriate for the different regions of the vascular system. Readers interested in learning more are reminded of the early fall EMS–SIAM meeting (Berlin, September 2–6), where the author will give an invited talk on modeling the cardiovascular system.