Clinical Evaluation of the Heparin Therapeutic Window Using Activated Clotting Time in Neurological Interventional Radiology at an Academic Medical Center
The i-STAT analyzers produce more reproducible ACT results, but the target range should be lowered to 200 to 250 seconds. This range appears to provide adequate and safe heparin therapy, confirmed by anti-Xa assay results and clinical outcome.
Authors
- Mike Nelson
- X. Long Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1680-5295)
- Amitava Dasgupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-1357)
Institutions
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2024-0399-oa
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36