Con: Activated Clotting Time Should Not Be Monitored During Heparinization for Vascular Surgery

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Jun;32(3):1497-1499. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.05.043. Epub 2017 May 25.

Authors

Elizabeth Wolo¹, Corey Herman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: Elizabeth.Wolo@jefferson.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.

PMID: 29336967
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.05.043

No abstract available

Keywords: ACT; activated clotting time; anticoagulation; heparin; protamine; vascular surgery.

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MeSH terms

Blood Coagulation Tests*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Heparin
Protamines
Whole Blood Coagulation Time*

Substances

Protamines
Heparin