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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2014 Jun 21;156(2):214–220. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.04.022

Figure 3. Clot propagation as represented by K.

Figure 3

K value is the time from the end of R until the clot reaches 20 mm, which indicates the time for development of fixed degree of viscoelasticity during clot formation and fibrin cross-linkage. The K values were recorded with the TEG® 5000 Thrombelastograph® Hemostasis Analyzer System and compared between three experimental groups (means ± SEM, n = 5-8 animals/group).