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ArticlePerfusion2025

Antithrombin during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with heparin anticoagulation: A single-center cohort study.

Bethany A Hileman, Gennaro Martucci, Nicolò Rizzitello, Giovanna Occhipinti, Matteo Rossetti, Fabio Tuzzolino, Roberto Lorusso, Mauro Panigada, Kenichi Tanaka, Antonio Arcadipane and 1 more

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Article in Perfusion, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors.

Bethany A HilemanUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-9190-4829
Gennaro MartucciDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8443-2414
Nicolò RizzitelloUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center Italy, Palermo, Italy.
Giovanna OcchipintiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
Matteo RossettiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
Fabio TuzzolinoStatistics and Data Management Services, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
Roberto LorussoCardiothoracic Surgery Department, Maastricht University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1777-2045
Mauro PanigadaDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Kenichi TanakaThe University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Antonio ArcadipaneDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
Giovanna PanarelloDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IntroductionAntithrombin (AT) is a natural anticoagulant essential to enhancing the unfractionated heparin (UFH) anticoagulant effect. Its supplementation in the management of UFH-based anticoagulation during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) has a strong pathophysiological rationale.MethodsThis is a single-center, retrospective cohort study of adult VV ECMO patients with anticoagulation maintained by UFH targeting an activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) of 40-50 s and AT activity >80%. We compare anticoagulation management and survival outcomes between AT subpopulations, defined by a threshold AT activity ≥80%. Linear and logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the variation in AT activity and its association with ICU survival.ResultsIn 244 patients enrolled from 2009 to 2022, anticoagulation was maintained by a median heparin dose of 11.4 IU/kg/h [IQR: 8.2-14.7] with a mean aPTT of 46.1 s (±7.3) and AT activity of 88.9% (±17.0). A lower mean aPTT, higher dose of UFH and shorter fraction of time without UFH were associated with higher AT activity (

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AnticoagulantsAntithrombinsExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationHeparinAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesAnticoagulantsAntithrombinsHeparinanticoagulationantithrombinbleedingextracorporeal membrane oxygenationheparin

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PMCPMC11951385

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