Significance: Recent clinical evidence identified anemia to be correlated with severe
complications of cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as bleeding, thromboembolic events …

Blood pressure and components of blood viscosity were measured in 49 normal subjects
and in 49 untreated patients with essential hypertension. Blood viscosity values measured at …

Baseline data from the Gubbio Population Study in north central Italy were used to
investigate the relation of hematocrit to blood pressure and hypertension among 2,809 men …

Iron-deficiency anemia can have deleterious effects on the heart. Herein, we describe the
effects of iron deficiency on the heart as corroborated with electrocardiography, radiology …

This study was undertaken to assess the importance of an elevated cardiac output in the
generation of the hypertension associated with chronic renal failure. Forty stable uremic …

We investigated the hemodynamic status of seven children (aged 7 months to 14 years) with
severe iron-deficiency anemia or anemia due to renal disease before and after the anemias …

Data from several epidemiologic studies have suggested that, among other variables,
hematocrit and fibrinogen may constitute risk factors for high blood pressure. As part of a …

Left ventricular filling pressure (LVFP) as reflected by pul- monary capillary wedge pressure
(PCWP) was measured in 40 Page 1 Hemodynamic Evaluation of Blood Transfusion in …

Whereas circulatory dynamics in chronic severe anemia (CSA) have been extensively
studied, there are only a few reports on alterations in hemody-namics after blood transfusion …

R= 81 v π r4'where R is the resistance to flow, 1 is the length of the vessel, r is the radius of
the vessel and v is the viscosity of the fluid. Based on this concept, nonvascular resistance to …