Journal:
:the journal of tehran university heart center
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pınar türker duyuler department of cardiology, ankara numune training and research hospital, ankara, turkey.
serkan duyuler department of cardiology, acıbadem ankara hospital, ankara, turkey.
mehmet i̇leri department of cardiology, ankara numune training and research hospital, ankara, turkey.
mevlüt demir department of cardiology, ankara numune training and research hospital, ankara, turkey.
abdullah kadir dolu department of cardiology, ankara numune training and research hospital, ankara, turkey.
funda başyiğit department of cardiology, ankara numune training and research hospital, ankara, turkey.
background: blood viscosity and aortic sclerosis (as) are strong predictors of cardiovascular events. the effects of blood viscosity on as have not been studied adequately. we aimed to investigate the potential connection between whole blood viscosity (wbv) and as. methods: as was detected by transthoracic echocardiography. the estimation of wbv was carried out at both high shear rate (hsr) (...
