B. de Laat

Thrombin dynamics and clinical events in cirrhosis: low prothrombin conversion predicts bleeding risk

Pro- and anti-coagulant factors are significantly altered in liver cirrhosis resulting in an increased bleeding and thrombosis risk. The thrombin generation (TG) test often seems unaltered in cirrhosis, indicating that a new hemostatic balance is reached. TG is determined by prothrombin conversion and thrombin inactiva...