Open AccessPerioperative Thromboelastometry for Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients with a Tendency to Hypercoagulability: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Yasmin Kamel,
Ashraf Hassanin,
Abdel Rahman Ahmed,
Emad Hamdy Gad,
Mohamed Afifi,
Magdy T. Khalil,
Klaus Görlinger,
Khaled Yassen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transfusion medicine and hemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1660-3818
pISSN - 1660-3796
DOI - 10.1159/000489605
Subject(s) - thromboelastometry , medicine , liver transplantation , perioperative , lupus anticoagulant , anesthesia , factor v leiden , transplantation , gastroenterology , surgery , fibrinogen , thrombosis , venous thrombosis
Hypercoagulability can lead to serious thromboembolic events. The aim of this study was to assess the perioperative coagulation status in liver transplant recipients with a tendency to hypercoagulability.