Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
ClotPro Viscoelastometry Evaluation in Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass
An erratum to this article was published (J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, Aug 2023 ↗)
Authors' conclusion
ClotPro can be used as an alternative to ROTEM delta to evaluate coagulation function in cardiac surgery
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) at a university hospital
- Participants
- 40 adults
- Exposure
- ClotPro vs ROTEM delta viscoelastometry
- Outcome
- Reproducibility of ClotPro and correlation of its parameters with ROTEM delta
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Reproducibility and correlation
Excellent correlation ROTEM delta vs ClotPro in most parameters
≥0.93
Moderate correlation, EXTEM clotting time vs EX-test
0.54
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| Absolute differences in test results between devicesMost measurements significantly different | P < 0.0001 |
Original publication
ClotPro Viscoelastometry Evaluation in Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 25 November 2022. doi:10.
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