ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What impact will this medication have on blood flow and viscosity? A doctor prescribes a blood thinner to a patient with high blood pressure. What impact will this medication have on blood flow and viscosity? The blood flow will decrease and the viscosity will increase.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to this equation, a decrease in viscosity causes an increase in cardiac output and opposite this, an increase in viscosity causes a decrease in cardiac output. Therefore, the physiologic compensation of viscosity-related decreased blood flow rate will be an increase in pressure or vasodilation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Increased whole blood viscosity is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality of several life-threatening diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -A close inverse correlation exists between changes in viscosity and blood flow, the change in blood flow being about three times greater than the change in blood viscosity.