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Table 5 The relationship between blood viscosity, shear stress and yield velocity at concentration of erythrocytes 35.9%.

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)

29

5.8

0.2

18

9

0.5

14

14

1

8

40

5

7

70

10

5

250

50