Prolonged Activated Clotting Time Immediately Prior to Open Cardiac Surgery.

Conclusion: History and routine preoperative evaluations of complete blood count, partial thromboplastin time, prothrombin time, and platelet function analysis failed to detect any abnormalities, but a prolongation of activated clotting time identified by the anesthesiologist led to specialized testing and a diagnosis of Fletcher factor deficiency. The patient tolerated the open-heart surgery well without any significant hematologic intervention or complications. PMID: 30559632 [PubMed]
Source: Ochsner Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Ochsner J Source Type: research