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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Thromb Haemost. 2005 Sep;3(9):2039–2043. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01513.x

Table 1.

Formal Definition of TEG® Parameters

Clotting time R The period of time of latency from the time that the blood is placed in the TEG® analyzer until the initial fibrin formation. This represents the phase of initiation of the coagulation process.
Thrombus kinetic α A measure of the rapidity (kinetics) of fibrin build-up and cross-linking, that is, the rate of thrombus propagation.
Thrombus strength MA A direct function of the maximum dynamic properties of fibrin and platelet bonding via GPIIb/IIIa and represents the ultimate strength of the fibrin clot.
Thrombus lysis LY A measure the rate of thrombus breakdown that gives an indication of how the clot retracts and/or is lysed.