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Table 4 The relationship between blood viscosity, shear stress and yield velocity at concentration of erythrocytes 28.7%.

From: Arch vessel injury: geometrical considerations. Implications for the mechanism of traumatic myocardial infarction II

Blood viscosity (mNcm-2)

Shear stress, Ï„ 103 (N/m2)

Yield velocity (m-1)

12

2.4

0.2

11

5.5

0.5

8

8

1

5

25

5

4

40

10

3

200

50