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Viscoelastic haemostatic assays terminology and parameters

α, alpha angle; AUC, area under the curve; CFT, clot formation time; CL (t), clot lysis (at time t); CT, clot time; k, rate of clot formation; LY (t), lysis (at time t); MA, maximum amplitude; MAXV, maximum velocity; MAXV‐t, time to maximum velocity; MCF, maximum clot firmness; MCF‐t, time to maximum clot firmness; ML, maximum lysis; r, time to clot initiation; ROTEM, Rotational Thromboelastogram; RT, reaction time; TEG, Thromboelastograph; TMA, time to maximum amplitude; '‐'; no equivalent parameter.

Reproduced by kind permission of Dr Roger Luddington, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK