Low hematocrit per blood viscosity ratio as a mortality risk factor in coronary heart disease

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-56

  Kenyeres, P ^a   Juricskay, I ^a   Tarsoly, P ^a   Kesmarky, G ^a   Muhl D ^a   Toth, K ^a   Bogar, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Coronary heart disease; Fibrinogen; Hematocrit; Plasma viscosity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 37149007602     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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