Possible role of increased blood viscosity in the hemodynamics of systemic hypertension

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Devereux, RB
Case, DB
Alderman, MH
Pickering, TG
Chien, S
Laragh, JH
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[1] Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Med, New York, NY USA
[2] Albert Einstein Coll Med, Dept Epidemiol & Social Med, Bronx, NY 10467 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Whitaker Inst Biomed Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00744-X
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Whole blood viscosity at shear rates from 90 to 450 seconds(-1) was higher in 37 hypertensive patients than in a sex-matched group of 48 apparently normal adults from the same employed population (p < 0.05 to < 0.01). The 5% to 11% elevation in blood viscosity in hypertensive patients was similar to their elevation of peripheral resistance, suggesting a possible role of increased blood viscosity in the hemodynamics of hypertension.
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