BIOMATERIALS IN BLOOD-CONTACTING DEVICES: COMPLICATIONS AND SOLUTIONS -- BIOMATERIALS IN BLOOD-CONTACTING DEVICES: COMPLICATIONS AND SOLUTIONS -- CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- Chapter 1 1. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 BLOOD COMPONENTS INVOLVED IN HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS -- 2.1. PLATELETS -- 2.2. FIBRINOGEN AND VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR -- 2.3. CLOTTING FACTORS AND COAGULATION -- 2.4. BLOOD FLOW -- 2.5. FIBRINOLYSIS -- Chapter 3 BLOOD-CONTACTING DEVICES AND MATERIALS -- 3.1. POLYURETHANE (PU) AND POLYETHER URETHANE (PEU) -- 3.2. POLYETHYLENE (PE) AND POLYPROPYLENE (PP) -- 3.3. SILICONE RUBBERS -- 3.4. POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE), FLUORINATED ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE (FEP), AND POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET) -- 3.5. POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC) -- Chapter 4 BLOOD-MATERIALS INTERACTIONS -- Chapter 5 SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR IMPROVING BLOOD COMPATIBILITY -- 5.1. HEPARIN -- 5.2. HYDROPHILIC SURFACES -- 5.3. PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE-BASED POLYMERS -- 5.4. ZWITTERIONIC SURFACES -- 5.5. CLOT-DISSOLVING SURFACES -- Chapter 6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.