Key result
The Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System (T-TAS) may be a useful diagnostic tool for monitoring therapy, predicting bleeding events, and observing blood cell interactions during clot formation.
Why the study?
Is the Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System useful for assessing platelet function in bleeding and thrombosis risk?
Systematic Review (n=52)
Is the Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System useful for assessing platelet function in bleeding and thrombosis risk?
The Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System is a promising automated microchip flow chamber tool for assessing platelet function, monitoring anticoagulation, and predicting bleeding events.
May aid risk assessment in bleeding/thrombosis; leaves open need for prospective validation trials.
BACKGROUND: Today there are many devices that can be used to study blood clotting disorders by identifying abnormalities in blood platelets. The Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System is an automated microchip flow chamber system that is used for the quantitative analysis of clot formation under blood flow conditions. For several years, researchers have been using a tool to analyse various clinical situations of patients to identify the properties and biochemical processes occurring within platelets and their microenvironment. METHODS: An investigation of recent published literature was conducted based on PRISMA. This review includes 52 science papers directly related to the use of the Total Clot Formation Analysis System in relation to bleeding, surgery, platelet function assessment, anticoagulation monitoring, von Willebrand factor and others. CONCLUSION: Most available studies indicate that The Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System may be useful in diagnostic issues, with devices used to monitor therapy or as a significant tool for predicting bleeding events. However, T-TAS not that has the potential for diagnostic indications, but allows the direct observation of the flow and the interactions between blood cells, including the intensity and dynamics of clot formation. The device is expected to be of significant value for basic research to observe the interactions and changes within platelets and their microenvironment.
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Sikora et al. (2021) conducted a systematic review in Bleeding and thrombosis risk (n=52). Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System (T-TAS) was evaluated on Diagnostic utility for bleeding events, therapy monitoring, and platelet function assessment. The Total Thrombus Formation Analysis System (T-TAS) may be a useful diagnostic tool for monitoring therapy, predicting bleeding events, and observing blood cell interactions during clot formation.
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