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ArticleJournal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association2025

Thromboelastography may assess the effect of anticoagulation reversal in intracranial hemorrhage.

A Zepeski, B A Faine, M Ghannam, H M Olalde, L Wendt, A Naidech, N M Mohr, E C Leira

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Article in Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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A ZepeskiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States; University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, United States. Electronic address: anne-zepeski@uiowa.edu.
B A FaineDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States; University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, United States.
M GhannamDepartment of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States.
H M OlaldeDepartment of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States.
L WendtInstitute for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Iowa, United States.
A NaidechDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine, United States.
N M MohrDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States; Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States; Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, United States.
E C LeiraDepartment of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States; Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, United States.

Funding

Hemostasis, Hematoma Expansion, and Outcomes After Intracerebral HemorrhageR01NS110779 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI NAIDECH, ANDREW M · 2019 to 2023
$3.3M
The University of Iowa's Regional Stroke Research NetworkU24NS107247 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI ENRIQUE Carlos LEIRA · 2018 to 2026
$2.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS110779NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS107247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a complication of oral anticoagulation and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Clinical need exists for biomarkers to measure anticoagulation in patients with factor Xa inhibitor-associated ICH to assess the hemostatic effect of reversal agents. This study explored the utility of thromboelastography (TEG) to assess anticoagulation in emergency department (ED) patients who received activated prothrombin complex concentrate (aPCC) reversal for factor Xa-inhibitor-associated ICH.

methodsThis was a prospective, single-center, cohort study in a convenient sample of adult patients presenting to the ED with acute factor Xa-associated ICH. Exclusion criteria included pregnancy, incarceration, polytrauma, hepatic failure, or other known coagulopathic conditions. TEG samples were collected prior to anticoagulation reversal, as well as at 30-minutes, 12-hours, and 24-hours post-reversal. Only patients who received aPCC reversal were included in the final analysis.

resultsPre-reversal TEG was collected on 10 participants prior to aPCC administration. A significant decrease in TEG R-time was observed at 30 minutes post-aPCC reversal (Beta = -0.91, p = 0.035). R-time increased at 12- and 24-hours post-aPCC reversal to baseline levels. Significant changes were not observed in K-time, clot strength, maximum amplitude, or coagulation index.

conclusionsTEG R-time decreases acutely after anticoagulation reversal with aPCC and rebounds at 12- and 24-hours post-reversal. TEG R-time may serve as a potential sensitive biomarker of the residual anticoagulation activity of factor Xa inhibitors in patients with ICH that undergo anticoagulation reversal with aPCCs.

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AnticoagulantsBlood CoagulationBlood Coagulation FactorsDrug MonitoringFactor Xa InhibitorsIntracranial HemorrhagesThrombelastographyAdultAgedAged, 80 and overEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsAnticoagulantsBlood Coagulation FactorsFactor Xa Inhibitorsprothrombin complex concentratesAnticoagulationAnticoagulation reversalHematologic studiesIntracranial hemorrhage

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PMID39793720
PMCPMC12247156

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