Importance of blood rheology in the pathophysiology of atherothrombosis

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-348

  Cowan, Aimee Q ^a   Cho, Daniel J ^b   Rosenson, Robert S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rheovector LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherothrombosis; Hemorheology; Rheology; Whole blood viscosity

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ENALAPRIL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864467026     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: 15737241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-012-6402-4     Document Type: Article

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