Hron, Gregor, Kyrle, Paul A., Kaider, Alexandra, Philipp, Karl, Pabinger, Ingrid, Kollars, Marietta, and Eichinger, Sabine
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.034 Byline: Gregor Hron (a), Paul A. Kyrle (a), Alexandra Kaider (b), Karl Philipp (c), Ingrid Pabinger (a), Marietta Kollars (a), Sabine Eichinger (a) Keywords: endogenous thrombin potential; low-molecular-weight heparin; pregnancy; ProCGlobal Abstract: Pregnancy is a hypercoagulable state. We evaluated global markers of coagulation activation, ProCGlobal (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Eschborn, Germany) and endogenous thrombin potential (ETP), in pregnant women with and without low-molecular-weight (LMW) heparin prophylaxis. Author Affiliation: (a) Division of Hematology and Hemostasis, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (b) Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Section of Clinical Biometrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (c) Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Donauspital, Vienna, Austria Article History: Received 22 December 2009; Revised 12 April 2010; Accepted 19 May 2010 Article Note: (footnote) Assays for the determination of endogenous thrombin potential and ProCGlobal were donated by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Eschborn, Germany., Cite this article as: Hron G, Kyrle PA, Kaider A, et al. ProCGlobal and endogenous thrombin potential during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:463.e1-6.