Measuring the anticoagulant effect of direct factor Xa inhibitors. Is the anti-Xa assay preferable to the prothrombin time test?

Armando Tripodi

doi:10.1160/TH10-11-0718

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Thromb Haemost 2011; 105(04): 735-736
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-11-0718

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Measuring the anticoagulant effect of direct factor Xa inhibitors. Is the anti-Xa assay preferable to the prothrombin time test?

Armando Tripodi

Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Ca’ Granda Foundation and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

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