The thrombin time assay is a versatile clinical assay used for screening fibrinogen related disorders and quantification of fibrin degradation products, as well as for detecting the presence of ...

Proteolytic degradation products of fibrinogen, produced as a result of excessive fibrinolysis, have been demonstrated in the blood of cirrhotic patients. 7,8 Such degradation products, when formed in ...

Thirteen patients with liver disease and an abnormal prothrombin time refractory to vitamin K therapy were studied (Tables 1 and 2). None of the patients were actively bleeding, and none had received ...

Future Cardiol. 2007;3(4):345-364. Bivalirudin is a derivate of native hirudin. The active substance is a synthetic, 20 amino-acid peptide. The chemical name is ...

DURHAM, N.C. – A substance derived from cow blood and used to control bleeding in more than 500,000 surgeries each year appears to stimulate an abnormal immune response that puts patients at greater ...