Rigidity of red cells in essential hypertension.
Both viscosity of blood and the rigidity of red cells are of consequence in the mechanism of hypertension. While the details of this mechanism are still elusive, the evidence presented might open the way for a wider inquiry into the role of blood rheology in hypertension.
D001794:Blood Pressure; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male