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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Dec;79(6):925–929. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000871

Figure 2. Unsurvivable versus survivable hyperfibrinolysis.

Figure 2

Both TEG tracings pictured show profound and dangerous hyperfibrinolysis, but the “death diamond” pattern on the left, with a rapid rise to maximum amplitude (MA) in 14 minutes or less, paired with rapid total clot lysis (time to total lysis [TTL] <30 minutes from MA) was universally lethal in this study. The TEG tracing on the right with incomplete lysis by 30 minutes after MA belonged to a patient who survived.