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Table 1 The most commonly used plasma-based global fibrinolysis assays

From: Hypofibrinolysis in type 2 diabetes and its clinical implications: from mechanisms to pharmacological modulation

 

Clot lysis time by Lisman (min) [17]

Turbidity lysis time by Carter (s) [18]

Clot lysis time by Pieters (min) [19]

Clot lysis time in TEG (min) [20]

Reagents/material

Plasma

Plasma

Plasma

Whole blood

Coagulation trigger

Tissue factor 6 pM

Thrombin 0.03 NIH U/mL

Thrombin 0.5 NIH U/mL

Kaolin (tissue factor may be used additionally)

Calcium chloride

17 mM

7.5 mM

15 mM

2 M

Tissue plasminogen activator

56 ng/mL

83 ng/mL

18 ng/mL

–

Phospholipids

10 μM

–

10 μM

–

  1. The final concentration of a reagent was presented, TEG denotes thromboelastography