Semin Thromb Hemost 2019; 45(04): 354-372
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1688497
Review Article
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Use of Viscoelastography in Malignancy-Associated Coagulopathy and Thrombosis: A Review

Mark Walsh
1   Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana
2   Beacon Medical Group Trauma & Surgical Research Services, South Bend, Indiana
3   Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, Indiana
,
Ernest E. Moore
4   Ernest E. Moore Trauma Center Denver General Hospital, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
,
Hunter Moore
4   Ernest E. Moore Trauma Center Denver General Hospital, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
,
Scott Thomas
2   Beacon Medical Group Trauma & Surgical Research Services, South Bend, Indiana
,
Stefani Vande Lune
3   Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, Indiana
,
David Zimmer
3   Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, Indiana
,
Joseph Dynako
3   Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, Indiana
,
Daniel Hake
5   Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois
,
Zachary Crowell
5   Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois
,
Ross McCauley
3   Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, Indiana
,
Emilee E. Larson
3   Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, Indiana
,
Michael Miller
2   Beacon Medical Group Trauma & Surgical Research Services, South Bend, Indiana
,
Tim Pohlman
2   Beacon Medical Group Trauma & Surgical Research Services, South Bend, Indiana
,
Hardean E. Achneck
6   Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, Massachusetts
,
Peter Martin
7   Department of Emergency Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
,
Nathan Nielsen
8   Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
,
Faisal Shariff
3   Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Campus, South Bend, Indiana
,
Victoria A. Ploplis
9   W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
10   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
,
Francis J. Castellino
9   W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
10   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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Publikationsdatum:
20. Mai 2019 (online)

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Abstract

The relationship between malignancy and coagulopathy is one that is well documented yet incompletely understood. Clinicians have attempted to quantify the hypercoagulable state produced in various malignancies using common coagulation tests such as prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, and platelet count; however, due to these tests' focus on individual aspects of coagulation during one specific time point, they have failed to provide clinicians the complete picture of malignancy-associated coagulopathy (MAC). Viscoelastic tests (VETs), such as thromboelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM), are whole blood analyses that have the advantage of providing information related to the cumulative effects of plasma clotting factors, platelets, leukocytes, and red cells during all stages of the coagulation and fibrinolytic processes. VETs have gained popularity in the care of trauma patients to objectively measure trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC), but the utility of VETs remains yet unrealized in many other medical specialties. The authors discuss the similarities and differences between TIC and MAC, and propose a mechanism for the hypercoagulable state of MAC that revolves around the thrombomodulin–thrombin complex as it switches between activating the protein C anticoagulation pathway or the thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor coagulation pathway. Additionally, they review the current literature on the use of TEG and ROTEM in patients with various malignancies. Although limited research is currently available, early results demonstrate the utility of both TEG and ROTEM in the prediction of hypercoagulable states and thromboembolic complications in oncologic patients.