Key result
Elevated blood viscosity is linked to higher BP and CV risk via increased peripheral resistance.
Why the study?
The influence of blood viscosity on blood pressure and its role in cardiovascular health, including in obese and non-obese patients, requires clarification.
This review emphasizes the conceptual importance of blood viscosity in influencing blood pressure and its potential role in cardiovascular disorders.
May inform hypertension risk assessment; leaves open whether viscosity reduction improves outcomes in prospective trials.
Nature depends on liquids; nature of liquids is to exert pressure. Blood is also a liquid, pressure exerted by blood on walls of blood vessels is called blood pressure. This concept of blood pressure is influenced by a new concept called blood viscosity. Blood viscosity measures the potential of blood with which it circulates in the blood vessels. Alteration in blood pressure mimics blood viscosity, which influences peripheral resistance of arteries. The main work in this paper involves case studies which gives the participation of blood viscosity in patients who encountered heart problems and reveals blood viscosity as an influential factor among obese and non-obese people. "THE STRONG HEART STUDY" gives a clear vision regarding blood viscosity related health disorders in humans. This also discloses the relation between blood viscosity and hematocrit.
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P.Bala Arogya Kalyan (2017) conducted a review in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease. Blood viscosity vs. Normal blood viscosity was evaluated. Elevated blood viscosity increases total peripheral resistance and is associated with higher blood pressure and an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.
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