Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents Thromb Haemost 1979; 41(02): 309-313DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646650 Original Articles Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart Kinetic Aspects of the Interaction of Blood Clotting Enzymes VIII. The Relation between Clotting Time and Clotting Velocity H C Hemker Department of Biochemistry, State University Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands , J Kop Department of Biochemistry, State University Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands , G M Willems Department of Biochemistry, State University Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Summary It is shown that in a system where thrombin acts on fibrinogen, the clotting time can be used to assess coagulation velocity because clotting time and clotting velocity are inversely proportional. PDF (207 kb) References References 1 Hemker HC, Hemker PW. 1969; The kinetics of enzyme cascades. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 173: 411 2 Hemker HC, Siepel T, Altman R, Loeliger EA. 1967; Kinetic aspects of the interaction of blood clotting enzymes. II. The relation between clotting time and plasma concentration in prothrombin-time estimations. Thrombosis et Diathesis Haemorrhagica 17: 350 3 Hemker HC, Vermeer C, Govers-Riemslag J. 1977; Kinetic aspects of the interaction of blood clotting enzymes. VII. The relation between clotting time and prothrombin concentration Thrombosis and Haemostasis 37: 81
