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Anticoagulation management for cardiopulmonary bypass using TEG® 6 s in a patient receiving both heparin and
Yu Kawada1, Nobuyuki Katori2, Keiko Kaji1
1Department of Anesthesiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Background:
It is difficult to evaluate adequate dose of heparin for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) by activated clotting time (ACT) in a patient receiving both heparin and dabigatran because dabigatran can also prolong ACT. We evaluated the effect of dabigatran by thromboelastography (TEG) to determine adequate heparin dose for CPB.
Case Presentation:
An 81-year-old woman receiving both heparin and dabigatran was scheduled for an emergency surgical repair of iatrogenic atrial septal perforation. Although ACT was prolonged to 419 s, we performed TEG to distinguish anticoagulation by dabigatran from heparin comparing R in CK and CHK. As the results of TEG indicated residual effect of dabigatran, we reversed dabigatran by idarucizumab and then dosed 200 U/kg of heparin to achieve adequate anticoagulation for CPB by heparin.
Conclusions:
TEG could help physicians to determine need for idarucizumab and also an adequate dose of heparin to establish appropriate anticoagulation for CPB.
