Key result
Thromboelastography monitoring in CHD patients revealed that the MAck index correlated with age (r=0.111) and ADP% correlated with body mass (r=0.160).
Why the study?
Does thromboelastography (TEG) provide valuable coagulation information for monitoring anti-platelet therapy in patients with coronary heart disease?
Observational (n=451)
Does thromboelastography (TEG) provide valuable coagulation information for monitoring anti-platelet therapy in patients with coronary heart disease?
TEG can provide valuable coagulation information to monitor anti-platelet therapy and guide individualized treatment in patients with coronary heart disease.
TEG monitoring in CHD patients on antiplatelet therapy remains hypothesis-generating; larger prospective studies needed before adoption.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of thromboelastography (TEG) to monitor in vivo blood coagulation status and the efficacy of antiplatelet aggregation drugs in the patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) after oral anticoagulation. METHODS: Seventy one CHD patients were enrolled in CHD group and 380 healthy persons with normal TEG were enrolled in the control group. After admission, all CHD patients were administrated with routine anti-platelet aggregation drugs at a clinically recommended dose. Then, TEG was applied to monitor the basic blood coagulation indexes, such as R value, K value, α angle, MA value, CI value and a series of related indexes on platelet inhibition. RESULTS: suggested a 9.86%, 4.23% and 12.68% risk of thrombogenesis, respectively. Among all the related antiplatelet aggregation indexes, MAck showed the strongest correlation with age (correlation coefficient, 0.111), and ADP% most highly correlated with body mass (correlation coefficient, 0.160). CONCLUSION: TEG results can provide valuable coagulation information for clinicians, thus certainly guiding in the treatment for CHD patients receiving anti-platelet therapy. Moreover, the application of TEG can also provide accurate information for further individualized treatment of CHD patients, which would funther inprove the safety of anti-thrombotic therapy.
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Zhong et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Coronary heart disease (CHD) (n=451). Thromboelastography (TEG) vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on Risk of thrombogenesis and correlation of TEG indexes with age and body mass. Thromboelastography monitoring in CHD patients revealed that the MAck index correlated with age (r=0.111) and ADP% correlated with body mass (r=0.160).
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