Novel Dielectric Coagulometer Identifies Hypercoagulability in Patients with a High CHADS2 Score without Atrial Fibrillation.

BACKGROUND:Recent reports showed that the CHADS2 score predicted the risk of strokes in patients without atrial fibrillation (AF). Although the hypercoagulability may contribute to the thrombogenesis, it has not been fully investigated due to a lack of a sensitive evaluation modality. Recently a nov...

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Main Authors: Yuki Hasegawa, Satomi Hamada, Takuro Nishimura, Takeshi Sasaki, Yusuke Ebana, Mihoko Kawabata, Masahiko Goya, Mitsuaki Isobe, Takatoshi Koyama, Tetsushi Furukawa, Kenzo Hirao, Tetsuo Sasano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4898832?pdf=render