This rare and unique work consists of a broad overview of hyperviscosity, blood cell deformability, and platelet aggregation. These topics are written in combination with a comprehensive review of drugs bring developed to treat impaired oxygen delivery to tissue. It devotes much attention to the pathophysiology and pharmacology of platelet and red cell involvement. This easy-to-use volume describes in detail techniques for studying microcirculatory functional efficiency, blood cell rheology, and intravascular platelet thrombosis. It also provides the reader with more than 50 figures and nearly 1500 references at a glance.

This book is an indispensable resource for all pharmaceutical researchers, physicians, and medical students interested in emerging therapeutic approaches to ischemia.