P. Nithiarasu and R. Löhner (eds)

Key Words: Cardiovascular system, fluid-structure interaction, geometrical multiscale modeling, mass transport, vessel re-modeling During the last twenty years a great attention has been paid to the computational study of the cardiovascular system [1]. In particular, multi-physics models have been introduced to describe the complex interactions among the principal components of such a system. We cite for example methods for the solution of the fluid-structure interaction problem arising when one considers blood flowing in compliant vessels [2,3,4]; the coupling between heterogeneous models to account for different spatial scales involved in haemodynamics, such as the coupling between three/one/zero-dimensional models [5,6,7]; the coupling of different physical phenomena, like blood flow and transport of oxygen or drugs [8]; remodeling processes such as the formation of atherosclerotic plaques or of vascular tumors, which involve different temporal scales [9]; and the model development for the design of artificial medical devices [10]. This mini-symposium aims to gather researchers who have made in the last years relevant contributions in this topic from th