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Sun J, Han K, Xu M, Li L, Qian J, Li L, Li X. Blood Viscosity in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Roles of Hyperglycemia and Elevated Plasma Fibrinogen. Front Physiol 2022; 13:827428. [PMID: 35283762 PMCID: PMC8914209 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.827428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The viscosity of blood is an indicator in the understanding and treatment of disease. An elevated blood viscosity has been demonstrated in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), which might represent a risk factor for cardiovascular complications. However, the roles of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and plasma fibrinogen levels on the elevated blood viscosity in subjects with T2DM at different chronic glycemic conditions are still not clear. Here, we evaluate the relationship between the blood viscosity and HbA1c as well as plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with T2DM. The experimental data show that the mean values of the T2DM blood viscosity are higher in groups with higher HbA1c levels, but the correlation between the T2DM blood viscosity and the HbA1c level is not obvious. Instead, when we investigate the influence of plasma fibrinogen level on the blood viscosity in T2DM subjects, we find that the T2DM blood viscosity is significantly and positively correlated with the plasma fibrinogen level. Further, to probe the combined effects of multiple factors (including the HbA1c and plasma fibrinogen levels) on the altered blood viscosity in T2DM, we regroup the experimental data based on the T2DM blood viscosity values at both the low and high shear rates, and our results suggest that the influence of the elevated HbA1c level on blood viscosity is quite limited, although it is an important indicator of glycemic control in T2DM patients. Instead, the elevated blood hematocrit, the enhanced red blood cell (RBC) aggregation induced by the increased plasma fibrinogen level, and the reduced RBC deformation play key roles in the determination of blood viscosity in T2DM. Together, these experimental results are helpful in identifying the key determinants for the altered T2DM blood viscosity, which can be used in future studies of the hemorheological disturbances of T2DM patients.
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- Jiehui Sun
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Tucker T. Fluid dynamics of cerebrospinal venous flow in multiple sclerosis. Med Hypotheses 2019; 131:109255. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Popov I, Weatherbee A, Vitkin A. Impact of velocity gradient in Poiseuille flow on the statistics of coherent radiation scattered by flowing Brownian particles in optical coherence tomography. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2019; 24:1-7. [PMID: 31562708 PMCID: PMC6997670 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.24.9.097001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A closed-form expression is obtained for the temporal correlation function of the scattered radiation detected in optical coherence tomography (OCT), taking into account the flow velocity gradient across the OCT detection volume in the suspension of flowing Brownian particles. The analytical approach we use includes both the laser beam and wavefront curvature radii changing over the depth. Also, we compare our results with a previously obtained theoretical model, partially an empirical approach. Our findings suggest the importance of the flow velocity gradient for accurate measurements of flow velocity vector, particle diffusivity, shear-induced diffusion, and potentially other OCT applications.
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- Ivan Popov
- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Toronto Medical Discovery Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Toronto Medical Discovery Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Toronto Medical Discovery Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ontario Cancer Institute/University Health Network, Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tucker T. Fluid dynamics of thoracic cavity venous flow in multiple sclerosis. Med Hypotheses 2019; 131:109236. [PMID: 31443776 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This paper hypothesizes, based on fluid dynamics principles, that in multiple sclerosis (MS) non-laminar, vortex blood flow occurs in the superior vena cava (SVC) and brachiocephalic veins (BVs), particularly at junctions with their tributary veins. The physics-based analysis demonstrates that the morphology and physical attributes of the major thoracic veins, and their tributary confluent veins, together with the attributes of the flowing blood, predict transition from laminar to non-laminar flow, primarily vortex flow, at select vein curvatures and junctions. Non-laminar, vortex flow results in the development of immobile stenotic valves and intraluminal flow obstructions, particularly in the internal jugular veins (IJVs) and in the azygos vein (AV) at their confluences with the SVC or BVs. Clinical trials' observations of vascular flow show that regions of low and reversing flow are associated with endothelial malformation. The physics-based analysis predicts the growth of intraluminal flaps and septa at segments of vein curvature and flow confluences. The analysis demonstrates positive correlations between predicted and clinically observed elongation of valve leaflets and between the predicted and observed prevalence of immobile valves at various venous flow confluences. The analysis predicts the formation of sclerotic plaques at venous junctions and curvatures, in locations that are analogous to plaques in atherosclerosis. The analysis predicts that increasing venous compliance increases the laminarity of venous flow and reduces the prevalence and severity of vein malformations and plaques, a potentially significant clinical result. An over-arching observation is that the correlations between predicted phenomena and clinically observed phenomena are sufficiently positive that the physics-based approach represents a new means for understanding the relationships between venous flow in MS and clinically observed venous malformations.
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Sloop GD, Pop G, Weidman JJ, St Cyr JA. Apolipoprotein(a) is the Product of a Pseudogene: Implications for the Pathophysiology of Lipoprotein(a). Cureus 2018; 10:e2715. [PMID: 30079281 PMCID: PMC6067813 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] is an apolipoprotein unique to lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]. Although it has no known function, Lp(a) is a risk factor for accelerated atherothrombosis. We hypothesize that LPA, the gene which encodes apo(a), is a heretofore unrecognized unprocessed pseudogene created by duplication of PLG, the gene which encodes plasminogen. Unprocessed pseudogenes are genes which were created by duplication of functional genes and subsequently lost function after acquiring various mutations. This hypothesis explains many of the unusual features of Lp(a) and apo(a). Also, this hypothesis has implications for the therapy of elevated Lp(a) and atherothrombosis theory. Because apo(a) is functionless, the diseases associated with elevated levels of Lp(a) are due to its impact on blood viscosity.
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- Gregory D Sloop
- Pathology, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian, USA
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- Cardiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, NLD
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- Research and Development, Jacqmar, Inc., Minneapolis, USA
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Weatherbee A, Popov I, Vitkin A. Accurate viscosity measurements of flowing aqueous glucose solutions with suspended scatterers using a dynamic light scattering approach with optical coherence tomography. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:1-10. [PMID: 28861954 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.8.087003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The viscosity of turbid colloidal glucose solutions has been accurately determined from spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) M-mode measurements and our recently developed OCT dynamic light scattering model. Results for various glucose concentrations, flow speeds, and flow angles are reported. The relative "combined standard uncertainty" uc(η) on the viscosity measurements was ±1% for the no-flow case and ±5% for the flow cases, a significant improvement in measurement robustness over previously published reports. The available literature data for the viscosity of pure water and our measurements differ by 1% (stagnant case) and 1.5% (flow cases), demonstrating good accuracy; similar agreement is seen across the measured glucose concentration range when compared to interpolated literature values. The developed technique may contribute toward eventual noninvasive glucose measurements in medicine.
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- Andrew Weatherbee
- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Institute, Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Toronto,, Canada
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Tripolino C, Irace C, Carallo C, Scavelli FB, Gnasso A. Body fat and blood rheology: Evaluation of the association between different adiposity indices and blood viscosity. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2017; 65:241-248. [PMID: 27716654 DOI: 10.3233/ch-16172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND In recent years, new measures of body adiposity have been introduced: lipid accumulation product (LAP), body adiposity index (BAI) and body shape index (ABSI). These indices have been demonstrated to better associate with cardiovascular disease than other measures of adiposity. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to evaluate if LAP or BAI better associate with blood viscosity than other measures of adiposity (body mass index, BMI; waist circumference, WC; waist-to-hip ratio, W/HR; waist-to-height ratio, W/HtR). METHODS 344 subjects were recruited for the present investigation. Exclusion criteria were: diabetes, elevated triglycerides, smoking and drug use. Blood lipids and glucose were measured by routine methods. Blood and plasma viscosity were measured by a cone-plate viscometer. Adiposity measures were computed as previously described. RESULTS In simple correlation analyses, blood viscosity (BV) correlated with BMI, BAI, and LAP in males and with LAP in females. Correlations between plasma viscosity and adiposity indices were weak and not statistically significant. Other variables significantly related with BV were: gender, HDL- and LDL-Cholesterol, and triglycerides (p < 0.05). In multiple regression analysis only LAP was associated with BV. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that LAP index is strongly associated to blood viscosity. This result, along with previous evidence, identifies LAP index as a potential cardiovascular risk marker.
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Weidman J, Sloop G, St Cyr JA. Validated formulae for estimation of whole blood viscosity underestimate the influence of erythrocyte aggregation and deformability. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2016; 10:271-3. [PMID: 27060185 DOI: 10.1177/1753944716642676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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- Joseph Weidman
- Jefferson College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Benefis Hospital, Great Falls, MT, USA
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Kuss N, Bauknecht E, Felbinger C, Gehm J, Gehm L, Pöschl J, Ruef P. Determination of whole blood and plasma viscosity in term neonates by flow curve analysis with the LS300 viscometer1. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2015; 63:3-14. [PMID: 26444620 DOI: 10.3233/ch-152008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Determination of shear stresses at given shear rates allow approximation of flow curves by mathematical models and to calculate viscosities of non-Newtonian fluids. In term neonates, the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) is markedly below that of adults, therefore rheological properties of blood play an important role in maintaining perfusion. Whole blood viscosity was measured in umbilical cord blood taken from 62 term neonates using the LS 300 viscometer. Individual parameters that influence the viscosity of whole blood were measured: red blood cell (RBC) aggregation, plasma viscosity, hematocrit, and RBC deformability. The flow curve of whole blood of neonates was approximated by the method of Ostwald with the highest quality whereas in adults the best approximation was found by the method of Casson. With hematocrits of 0.40, the viscosity of whole blood in newborns approximated by Ostwald (9.84 ± 5.12 mPa·s) was significantly lower than that of adults (15.34 ± 3.01 mPa·s). The aggregation index of the blood of newborns was markedly lower (2.98 ± 2.12) than in adults (14.63 ± 3.50) whereas RBC deformability was higher in neonates. The viscosity of plasma determined by Ostwald revealed a lower exponent (n) in neonates (0.94 ± 022) compared to adults (1.01 ± 0.12) and the viscosity determined by Newton was lower in neonates (1.04 ± 0.16 mPa·s) than in adults (1.19 ± 0.07 mPa·s). The flow curve of neonatal blood which is best approximated by the model of Ostwald emphasizes its important viscous properties necessary for conditions with physiologically low blood pressure.
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- N Kuss
- Clinic of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Technical Expert's Bureau for Rheology, Am Seeberg 14a, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
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- Technical Expert's Bureau for Rheology, Am Seeberg 14a, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
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- Clinic of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany.,Clinic of Pediatrics, SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
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Sloop GD, Weidman JJ, St.Cyr JA. Perspective The failure of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors: is it due to increased blood viscosity? Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2015; 9:32-5. [DOI: 10.1177/1753944714566427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Gregory D. Sloop
- Department of Pathology, Benefis Hospitals, Great Falls, MT 59405, USA
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Sloop G, Holsworth RE, Weidman JJ, St Cyr JA. The role of chronic hyperviscosity in vascular disease. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2014; 9:19-25. [PMID: 25260890 DOI: 10.1177/1753944714553226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The pathogenesis of several major cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, hypertension, and the metabolic syndrome, is not widely understood because the role of blood viscosity is overlooked. Low-density lipoprotein accelerates atherosclerosis by increasing blood viscosity in areas of low flow or shear, predisposing to thrombosis. Atherosclerotic plaques are organized mural thrombi, as proposed by Duguid in the mid-twentieth century. High-density lipoprotein protects against atherosclerosis by decreasing blood viscosity in those areas. Blood viscosity, at the least, contributes to hypertension by increasing systemic vascular resistance. Because flow is inversely proportional to viscosity, hyperviscosity decreases perfusion and glucose utilization by skeletal muscle, contributing to hyperglycemia in the metabolic syndrome. Therapeutic phlebotomy reduces blood pressure and serum glucose levels in the metabolic syndrome by improving blood viscosity.
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- Gregory Sloop
- Department of Pathology, Benefis Hospitals, Great Falls, MT 59405, USA
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Barshtein G, Ben-Ami R, Yedgar S. Role of red blood cell flow behavior in hemodynamics and hemostasis. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2014; 5:743-52. [PMID: 17605652 DOI: 10.1586/14779072.5.4.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The primary role of red blood cells (RBCs) is to transport oxygen to the tissues, which is performed predominantly in the blood capillaries. However, RBCs have unique flow-affecting properties that play a key role in blood flow in all blood vessel types and sizes. While RBCs as oxygen carriers have been studied extensively, their hemodynamic function has been examined less comprehensively. This review aims to bridge this gap, focusing on the role of RBC flow properties in hemodynamics, hemostasis and thrombosis.
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- Gregory Barshtein
- Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Department of Biochemistry, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Targeted Materials. Drug Deliv 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1998-7_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Holsworth RE, Cho YI, Weidman JJ, Sloop GD, Cyr JAS. Cardiovascular benefits of phlebotomy: relationship to changes in hemorheological variables. Perfusion 2013; 29:102-16. [DOI: 10.1177/0267659113505637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Renewed interest in the age-old concept of “bloodletting”, a therapeutic approach practiced until as recently as the 19th century, has been stimulated by the knowledge that blood loss, such as following regular donation, is associated with significant reductions in key hemorheological variables, including whole blood viscosity (WBV), plasma viscosity, hematocrit and fibrinogen. An elevated WBV appears to be both a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease and an important factor in the development of atherosclerosis. Elevated WBV through wall shear stress is the most direct physiological parameter that influences the rupture and erosion of vulnerable plaques. In addition to WBV reduction, phlebotomy may reduce an individual’s cardiovascular risk through reductions in excessive iron, oxidative stress and inflammation. Reflecting these findings, blood donation in males has shown significant drops in the incidence of cardiovascular events, as well as in procedures such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting. Collectively, the available data on the benefits of therapeutic phlebotomy point to the importance of monitoring WBV as part of a cardiovascular risk factor, along with other risk-modifying measures, whenever an increased cardiovascular risk is detected. The development of a scanning capillary tube viscometer allows the measurement of WBV in a clinical setting, which can prove to be valuable in providing an early warning sign of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
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- RE Holsworth
- Southeast Colorado Hospital, Springfield, CO, USA
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- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Benefis Hospitals, Great Falls, MT, USA
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Elevated blood viscosity is an integral component of vascular shear stress that contributes to the site specificity of atherogenesis, rapid growth of atherosclerotic lesions, and increases their propensity to rupture. Ex vivo measurements of whole blood viscosity (WBV) is a predictor of cardiovascular events in apparently healthy individuals and studies of cardiovascular disease patients. The association of an elevated WBV and incident cardiovascular events remains significant in multivariate models that adjust for major cardiovascular risk factors. These prospective data suggest that measurement of WBV may be valuable as part of routine cardiovascular profiling, thereby potentially useful data for risk stratification and therapeutic interventions. The recent development of a high throughput blood viscometer, which is capable of rapidly performing blood viscosity measurements across 10,000 shear rates using a single blood sample, enables the assessment of blood flow characteristics in different regions of the circulatory system and opens new opportunities for detecting and monitoring cardiovascular diseases.
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Abdelhalim MAK, Siiddiqi NJ, Alhomida AS, Al-Ayed MS. Effects of feeding periods of high cholesterol and saturated fat diet on blood biochemistry and hydroxyproline fractions in rabbits. Bioinform Biol Insights 2008; 2:95-100. [PMID: 19812768 PMCID: PMC2735948 DOI: 10.4137/bbi.s445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia are considered as important risk factors during the atherosclerotic process. The aim of the present investigation was to study the total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC), high density lipoprotein (HDL), triglyceride (TG), platelet levels and hydroxyproline fractions during the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. For this purpose, twenty five 12-weeks, New Zealand white male rabbits, were purchased, individually caged, and divided into either control group or cholesterol-fed group. The control group (n = 10) was fed 100 g/day of normal diet, ORC-4 (Oriental Yeast Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) for a period of 15 weeks. The cholesterol-fed group (n = 15) was fed a high cholesterol and saturated fat diet of ORC-4 containing 1% cholesterol plus 1% olive oil (100 g/day) for periods of 5 (group 1), 10 (group 2) and 15 (group 3) weeks. Blood sample from each animal was taken at the end of the experimental period for the biochemical analysis. The results of the present study showed that TC, LDLC, TG, HDLC and platelets were significantly (P < 0.01) increased in cholesterol-fed rabbits as compared with control rabbits. The serum hydroxyproline (Hyp) in rabbits belonging to group 1 showed no significant alteration when compared to control group. Group 2 rabbits showed a significant increase of 103% (P < 0.01) and 100% (P < 0.001) in free and protein—bound hydroxyproline fractions respectively when compared to control rabbits. However, there was no significant change in peptide—bound and total serum hydroxyproline levels as compared to the control group (P > 0.05). There was no significant (P > 0.05) decrease of free serum hydroxyproline in group 3 rabbits when compared to control rabbits. On the other hand, group 3 rabbits showed a significant increase in peptide–bound and protein-bound Hyp by 517% (P < 0.05) and 100% (P < 0.01) respectively when compared to control rabbits. However, total serum Hyp in group 3 rabbits showed no significant (P > 0.05) change when compared to control rabbits. These results suggest that feeding rabbits high cholesterol and saturated fat diet for feeding periods of 5, 10 and 15 weeks induced significant change in TC, LDLC, HDL, TG, platelet levels and various Hyp fractions in serum without any significant change in the total Hyp content.
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- Mohamed A K Abdelhalim
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Biomedical Science Group, King Saud University, College of Science, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Erdem NT, Ercan M, Akyolcu MC, Gündoğdu AS. Plasma viscosity as an early cardiovascular risk factor in hirsute women with eumenorrhea or oligomenorrhea. Fertil Steril 2003; 80:1195-8. [PMID: 14607574 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(03)01173-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To investigate plasma viscosity, a hemorheologic variable, in oligomenorrheic and eumenorrheic hirsute women.Descriptive study. Endocrinology and metabolism clinic. Twenty five hirsute women with oligomenorrhea and eumenorrhea and 30 age- and weight-matched healthy, eumenorrheic, nonhirsute women. Plasma viscosity. Plasma viscosity was significantly elevated in hirsute women compared with eumenorrheic nonhirsute women. Significant correlations were observed between plasma viscosity and fasting insulin level, cholesterol level, and diastolic blood pressure. Hirsute women with oligomenorrhea or eumenorrhea had a significantly elevated plasma viscosity compared with healthy controls.
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- Necmiye Tijen Erdem
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- K R Kensey
- Rheologics, Inc., Erton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA.
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Historically, the approach to atherogenesis research has been focused on factors that primarily include vessel wall histology, blood and vessel wall biochemistry, clotting factors and platelets. This approach can be referred to as the 'biochemical' approach. We now recognize that atherosclerosis is an ongoing sterile process that starts with functional impairment of the arterial endothelium. However, the cause of the endothelial injury that initiates this process has not yet been identified. This commentary article proposes that the vasculature is a dynamic organ in which the initiating event leading to atherosclerosis is a protective, adaptive response of the endothelium to a mechanical injury related to the work of the heart (WOH). Evidence is presented that this mechanical injury is readily explained by changes in blood rheology. This represents a paradigm shift from a strictly biochemical approach to our understanding of the atherogenic process to a biomechanical one. Elevated whole blood viscosity (WBV) has been independently correlated with increased carotid intima media thickness and major cardiovascular disease risk factors, including hypertension, smoking, diabetes, advanced age, elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol. These associations have led several authors to propose increased WBV as a unifying factor linking major cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis. Blood rheology has been more difficult to accurately study than other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, explaining why it may be an overlooked factor in our understanding of cardiovascular disease. The science of rheology is now entering a new phase of acceptance with the development of a new scanning capillary rheometer which, unlike conventional rheometers, easily and accurately determines whole blood viscosity as a function of shear rate.
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Sloop GD, Fallon KB, Zieske AW. Atherosclerotic plaque-like lesions in synthetic arteriovenous grafts: implications for atherogenesis. Atherosclerosis 2002; 160:133-9. [PMID: 11755930 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(01)00543-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Atherosclerotic plaque-like lesions are prevalent in synthetic arteriovenous shunts created to provide vascular access for hemodialysis. Similarities to atherosclerotic plaques in native arteries include eccentric location, immunoreactivity for smooth muscle actin, dystrophic calcifications, superimposed thrombi, and foam cells. Fatty streaks were not grossly identified on Sudan IV staining. Because of the similarities to atherosclerosis in native vessels, these findings may have several implications for atherogenesis. The development of raised, fibrous lesions does not require decades. The presence of smooth muscle in atherosclerotic plaque-like lesions does not require a source from tunica media. A precursor fatty streak may not be required for the development of raised, fibrous lesions. Finally, development of atherosclerotic plaque-like lesions does not require putative inflammatory effects from cholesterol or LDL accumulation, or even a native vessel that can respond to injury. The atherosclerotic plaque-like lesions in this study probably developed from organization of mural thrombi.
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- Gregory D Sloop
- Kenner Regional Medical Center, 180 West Esplanade Avenue, Kenner, LA 70065, USA.
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Choy PC, Mymin D, Zhu Q, Dakshinamurti K, O K. Atherosclerosis risk factors: the possible role of homocysteine. Mol Cell Biochem 2000; 207:143-8. [PMID: 10888240 DOI: 10.1023/a:1017286006708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in North America. It is characterized by thickening of the coronary artery wall by the formation of plaques, resulting in reduced blood flow. Plaque rupture and the consequent thrombosis may lead to sudden blockage of arteries and causing stroke and heart attack. In the last several decades, more than 250 factors associated with the development of coronary artery disease have been identified. Recently, a relationship between atherosclerosis and elevated homocysteine level in the blood has been established. The mechanism for the production of atherosclerosis by homocysteine has been investigated. When human hepatoma cells (HepG2) were incubated with 4 mM homocysteine, enhancements in the production of cholesterol and secretion of apolipoprotein B-100 were observed. The stimulatory effect on cholesterol synthesis was mediated via the enhancement of HMG-CoA reductase, which catalyzes the rate-limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Cholesterol appears to play an important role in the regulation of apoB-100 secretion by hepatocytes. It is plausible that the increase in apoB secretion was caused by the elevated cholesterol level induced by homocysteine. The ability of homocysteine to produce a higher amount of cholesterol and promote the secretion of apoB would provide a plausible mechanism for the observed relationship between hyperhomocysteinemia and the development of atherogenesis and coronary artery disease.
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- P C Choy
- The Lipid Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Serum hypercholesterolemia is theorized to accelerate atherogenesis by augmenting cholesterol accumulation (insudation) in the arterial intima. The author views this theory as an example of what the noted philosopher of science Imre Lakatos called 'degenerative science', because data have forced several modifications of the theory. Although the theory that some fraction of intimal cholesterol causes atherosclerosis is not yet disproved, the author favors the hypothesis that serum hypercholesterolemia accelerates atherogenesis and contributes to symptomatic atherosclerosis by increasing blood viscosity and the mechanical fragility of atherosclerotic plaques, making them vulnerable to rupture and thrombosis.
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- G D Sloop
- Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, 70122-1393, USA.
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Sloop GD. Insights into the relationship of fatty streaks to raised atherosclerotic lesions provided by the hemorheologic-hemodynamic theory of atherosclerotic lesions provided by the hemorheologic-hemodynamic theory of atherogenesis. Med Hypotheses 1998; 51:385-8. [PMID: 9848466 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-9877(98)90033-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The hemorheologic-hemodynamic theory of atherogenesis suggests that atherosclerosis is a disease of low shear, which prolongs the residence time of atherogenic particles on the endothelium. Prolonged residence of lipid-rich particles results in a fatty streak. Prolonged residence of platelet microthrombi results in a raised lesion (atherosclerotic plaque). Thus, fatty streak and raised lesion development are independent processes. In contrast, received wisdom holds that fatty streaks are the precursors to raised lesions. The author examines anatomic and risk factor data for fatty streaks and raised lesions, including the results of the recent multicenter Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth study, in light of these two theories.
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- G D Sloop
- Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans 70112, USA
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