To compare the clinical outcomes and complications of high viscosity and low viscosity bone cement percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF).From September 2009 to September 2015, 100 patients with OVCF were randomly divided into 2 groups: group H, using high viscosity cement (n = 50) or group L, using low viscosity cement (n = 50). The clinical o...

Nowadays, viscosity measurements play an important role in several areas, such as Industrial, Scientific and Technological, and have utility in various applications. In the Industrial area, viscosity measurements can be applied in several areas, such as the food, pharmaceutical, automobile, chemical and petroleum industries. Viscosity measurement brings benefits since monitoring it allows cost ...

We have recently shown that fibrin D-dimer, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) antigen, von Willebrand factor antigen, fibrinogen, plasma viscosity, and white cell count are associated with subsequent ischemic heart disease (IHD) in men aged 49 to 65 years in the Caerphilly Study from South Wales. We now report the contribution of major lifestyle factors to plasma levels of these new risk predi...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular complications are common in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Blood rheology is a major determent of coagulation and an established risk factor for cardiovascular events. Since nocturnal hypoxemia could influence parameters of blood rheology, we hypothesized that OSA alters blood rheology independent of other cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS One hundre...

In the study of the rheumatic diseases the measurement of blood sedimentation rate has an established value in estimating the activity of the disease and in evaluating the effects of treatment. It is generally agreed, however, that the erythrocyte sedimentation rate is not always a reliable index even if a correction is made for anaemia. The study of the viscosity of blood was first described o...