title: Decrease of normotest/thrombotest discrepancy in non-contacted coumarin plasma after glass or ellagic acid activation.
abstract: Activation of coumarin plasmas in glass tubes for 60 min resulted in a clear shortening of Thrombotest clotting times. Normotest clotting times were shortened too but to a much lesser extent. As a consequence the Normotest (NT)/Thrombotest (TT) discrepancy which was quite large at 0 time, became progressively smaller. This phenomenon was observed both in undiluted and 6:10 diluted plasma. After ellagic acid activation a similar phenomenon was noted even though a less pronounced shortening of Thrombotest was noted. These data suggest that Thrombotest is very sensitive to contact phase and to factor VII activation and not to any coumarin-induced inhibitors.
mesh_terms: D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D003374:Coumarins; D004610:Ellagic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005167:Factor VII; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D004610:Ellagic Acid; D005167:Factor VII