Table 1.
Correlation Between Plasma Dabigatran Concentration Measured by Dilute Thrombin Time Assay and Selected Rotem Tests and aPTT.
| TESTS | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| all samples (n = 54) | samples with trough concentration (n = 27) | samples with peak concentration (n = 27) | |
| ROTEM Ex-tem CT (n = 54) | 0.92* | 0.89* | 0.94* |
| ROTEM Ex-tem CFT (n = 54) | 0.89* | 0.93* | 0.84* |
| ROTEM Ex-tem MCF (n = 54) | -0.93* | -0.85* | -0.9* |
| ROTEM In-tem CT (n = 54) | 0.84* | 0.74* | 0.9* |
| ROTEM In-tem CFT (n = 54) | 0.23 | 0.2 | 0.27 |
| ROTEM In-tem MCF (n = 54) | -0.92* | -0.84* | -0.94* |
| aPTT | 0.56 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
* p < 0.0001.