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Table 6 The relationship between the blood viscosity, shear stress and yield velocity at concentration of erythrocytes 48%.

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)

60

12

0.2

38

19

0.5

29

29

1

14

70

5

11

110

10

9

450

50