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. 2019 May-Jun;34(3):327–334. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2018-0238
Abbreviations, acronyms & symbols      
AAA = Abdominal aortic aneurysm   MINS = Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery
Ag  = Antigen   PAD = Peripheral artery disease
APTEM, EXTEM, FIBTEM, INTEM, and HEPTEM = Types of ROTEM tests   PAP = Plasmin-antiplasmin complexes
ROTEM = Rotational thromboelastometry
BMI = Body mass index   sCD40L = Soluble cluster of differentiation 40 ligand
CAT = Calibrated automated thrombography   SD = Standard deviation
CD40L = Cluster of differentiation 40 ligand   TIA = Transient ischemic attack
CoR = Ristocetin cofactor   tPA = Tissue plasminogen activator
ELISA = Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay   USA = United States of America
FVIII = Factor VIII   VTE = Venous thromboembolism
IQR = Interquartile range   vWF = von Willebrand factor
MI = Myocardial infarction