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Activated Clotting Time May Predict Ischemic Events in PCI Patients on Heparin Alone

In patients with NSTE-ACS on heparin monotherapy during PCI, lower activated clotting time (ACT) values do not predict bleeding events but do correlate with higher risk of ischemic events, according ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Heparin Resistance — Clinical Perspectives and Management Strategies

Drug resistance is defined as the lack of expected response to a standard therapeutic dose of a drug or as resistance resulting from biologic changes in the target, as occurs in antibiotic resistance.
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Clotting Time in Transfemoral PCI Linked to Bleeding Risk

Credit: Shutterstock. Researchers related maximal ACT to the risk of major bleeding in 14,634 patients undergoing TR or TF PCI with unfractionated heparin monotherapy. HealthDay News — Higher maximal ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Detecting, managing and monitoring haemostasis: viscoelastometric point‑of‑care testing (ROTEM, TEG and Sonoclot systems)

The ROTEM system is a point‑of‑care device used to help detect, manage and monitor haemostasis associated with high blood loss. The device uses thromboelastometry, a viscoelastometric method, to test ...