Oct
2014
Monitoring of dabigatran anticoagulation and its reversal in vitro by thrombelastography.
Int J Cardiol 2014;176:794-799.
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Review by : B. J. Hunt
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The authors investigated the in vitro effect of dabigatran on whole blood thromboelastography (TEG) and its reversal by recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) and 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC). Dabigatran changed all TEG parameters. There was little effect with PCC and some reversal with rFVIIa.
This paper adds to the literature on dabigatran reversal.
– Beverley J. Hunt
