{"title":"Clinical, Laboratory, and Molecular Aspects of Factor VII Deficiency.","authors":"Francesco Bernardi, Guglielmo Mariani","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1788792","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1788792","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Congenital factor VII (FVII) deficiency, the most frequent among the recessively inherited disorders of blood coagulation, is characterized by a wide range of symptoms, from mild mucosal bleeds to life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage. Complete FVII deficiency may cause perinatal lethality. Clinically relevant thresholds of plasma levels are still uncertain, and modest differences in low FVII levels are associated with large differences in clinical phenotypes. Activated FVII (FVIIa) expresses its physiological protease activity only in a complex with tissue factor (TF), which triggers clotting at a very low concentration. Knowledge of the FVIIa-TF complex helps to interpret the clinical findings associated with low FVII activity as compared with other rare bleeding disorders and permits effective management, including prophylaxis, with recombinant FVIIa, which, however, displays a short half-life. Newly devised substitutive and nonsubstitutive treatments, characterized by extended half-life properties, may further improve the quality of life of patients. Genetic diagnosis has been performed in thousands of patients with FVII deficiency, and among the heterogeneous <i>F7</i> mutations, mostly missense changes, several recurrent variants show geographical distribution and identity by descent. In the general population, common <i>F7</i> polymorphisms explain a large proportion of FVII level variance in plasma through FVII-lowering effects. Their combination with pathogenic variants may impact on the frequent detection of FVII coagulant levels lower than normal, as well as on mild bleeding conditions. In the twenties of this century, 70 years after the first report of FVII deficiency, more than 200 studies/reports about FVII/FVII deficiency have been published, with thousands of FVII-deficient patients characterized all over the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"128-137"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142111608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correlation between Phenotype and Coagulation Factor Activity Level in Rare Bleeding Disorders: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Behnaz Tavasoli, Alireza Zangooie, Seyed Mehrab Safdari, Taraneh Hoseinnezhad, Ashkan Shabannezhad, Amirreza Alikhani, Zahra Salehi, Akbar Dorgalaleh","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1800832","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1800832","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rare bleeding disorders (RBDs) represent 3 to 5% of congenital bleeding disorders and are primarily inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, with increased prevalence in consanguineous populations. Clinically, RBDs can be accompanied by mild to severe bleeding episodes, often assessed using bleeding assessment tools (BATs) such as the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH)-BAT. However, the correlation between bleeding severity and coagulation factor activity levels remains inconsistent. This systematic review investigates this relationship to enhance understanding and improve management strategies for patients with RBD. This review adhered to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and was registered with the International Prospective Register for Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) (CRD42024504537). Using the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcomes) framework, the study focused on RBD patients to explore the correlation between coagulation factor activity levels and bleeding severity. A comprehensive search was conducted across PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science until April 1, 2024, with data extracted on bleeding severity, phenotype, and coagulation factor activity levels. The analysis highlights complex and often inconsistent relationships between coagulation factor levels and the severity of bleeding. In cases of fibrinogen deficiency, three out of four studies (<i>n</i> = 73 of 111 cases, 66%) demonstrated a moderate to strong correlation between fibrinogen levels and bleeding severity. In prothrombin deficiency, one of two studies (<i>n</i> = 16 of 29 cases, 55%) found a strong correlation between FII levels and bleeding severity. Four of six studies (<i>n</i> = 106 of 139 cases, 76%) in FV deficiency found a weak or no correlation between factor activity and bleeding severity. In combined FV and FVIII deficiency, two of three studies (<i>n</i> = 26 of 60 cases, 43%) found a significant correlation between factor activity and bleeding severity. In FVII deficiency, four (of nine) studies with a study population of 325 patients (65%) found a weak correlation between factor activity and severity of bleeding. Almost all studies (five of six studies, <i>n</i> = 114 of 118 patients, 97%) in FX deficiency revealed a strong correlation between FX levels and bleeding severity. In FXI deficiency, most studies (five of seven studies, <i>n</i> = 254 patients, 93%) found a weak or no correlation between factor activity and bleeding severity or symptoms. For FXIII deficiency, there was a moderate to strong correlation between FXIII activity and bleeding severity in all three studies (<i>n</i> = 61 patients). In conclusion, despite current controversies, this review highlights a moderate or strong correlation between factor activity and bleeding severity in fibrinogen, FX, and FXIII deficiencies, but no correlation or weak correlation for FV, FVII, and FXI deficiencies.","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"180-195"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical, Laboratory, and Molecular Aspects of Factor V Deficiency.","authors":"Massimo Franchini, Daniele Focosi","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1789021","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1789021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Factor V (FV) is a glycoprotein that plays a pivotal role in hemostasis, being involved in coagulant and anticoagulant pathways. Congenital FV deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder with an incidence of 1 per million live births, considering the most severe homozygous form. FV deficiency is diagnosed using routine coagulation tests and FV activity assays. Several mutations, including missense, nonsense, and frameshift, have been detected in the <i>F5</i> gene. Clinical symptoms are variable, ranging from mild ecchymoses and mucosal bleeding to life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage. The mainstay of treatment includes fresh-frozen plasma, preferentially virus-inactivated. In this narrative review, we provide an update of the main laboratory, molecular, clinical, and therapeutic features of inherited FV deficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"111-115"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142081398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akbar Dorgalaleh, Behnaz Tavasoli, Saeed Hassani, Narjes Ramezanzadeh, Kimia Fathalizade, Farzaneh Hashemi, Zahra Feily, Melika Khademi, Zhino Kohzadi, Roghayeh Gholizadeh Doran Mahalleh, Mohammad S Torkamandi, Mahya S Yassini
{"title":"The History of Rare Bleeding Disorders.","authors":"Akbar Dorgalaleh, Behnaz Tavasoli, Saeed Hassani, Narjes Ramezanzadeh, Kimia Fathalizade, Farzaneh Hashemi, Zahra Feily, Melika Khademi, Zhino Kohzadi, Roghayeh Gholizadeh Doran Mahalleh, Mohammad S Torkamandi, Mahya S Yassini","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1792032","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1792032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deficiencies in coagulation factors I (FI), FII, FV, combined FV and FVIII (CF5F8) and vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors FVII, FX, FXI, and FXIII have been referred to as rare bleeding disorders (RBDs), rare coagulation factor deficiencies (RCFDs), or recessively inherited coagulation disorders. Fibrinogen was most likely the first member of this group to be identified, with reports of its discovery spanning from 1859 to 1966. If not, then the first coagulation factor to be identified was prothrombin in 1894, and the last coagulation factor to be found was FX in 1956, about 60 years later. The first patient to be diagnosed with an RBD was a 9-year-old boy with afibrinogenemia in 1920 and the vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors deficiency was the most recent RBD in this group to be identified in a 3-month-old child in 1966. The initial therapeutic option for nearly all patients with RBDs was whole blood transfusion; this was replaced in 1941 by fresh frozen plasma (FFP), and then in later years by cryoprecipitate and coagulation factor concentrates. Fibrinogen concentrate was the first coagulation factor concentrate produced in 1956. Coagulation factor concentrate is now available for FI, FVII, FX, FXI, and FXIII; however, FFP and/or platelet transfusion are the only treatments available for FV deficiency. The only recombinant concentrates available for RBDs are for FVII and FXIII, which date from 1988 and the 2000s, respectively. Even though the clinical presentations, diagnosis, and management of lesser-known bleeding disorders have improved significantly in recent decades, more studies are needed to reveal the hidden aspects of these disorders in order to overcome diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and ultimately improve the quality of life for those who are affected.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"236-252"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne Fu, Thomas D D Kazmirchuk, Calvin Bradbury-Jost, Ashkan Golshani, Maha Othman
{"title":"Platelet-Type von Willebrand Disease: Complex Pathophysiology and Insights on Novel Therapeutic and Diagnostic Strategies.","authors":"Anne Fu, Thomas D D Kazmirchuk, Calvin Bradbury-Jost, Ashkan Golshani, Maha Othman","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1789183","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1789183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most common well-studied genetic bleeding disorder worldwide. Much less is known about platelet-type VWD (PT-VWD), a rare platelet function defect, and a \"nonidentical\" twin bleeding phenotype to type 2B VWD (2B-VWD). Rather than a defect in the von Willebrand factor (<i>VWF</i>) gene, PT-VWD is caused by a platelet <i>GP1BA</i> mutation leading to a hyperaffinity of the glycoprotein Ibα (GPIbα) platelet surface receptor for VWF, and thus increased platelet clearing and high-molecular-weight VWF multimer elimination. Nine <i>GP1BA gene</i> mutations are known. It is historically believed that this enhanced binding was enabled by the β-switch region of GPIbα adopting an extended β-hairpin form. Recent evidence suggests the pathological conformation that destabilizes the compact triangular form of the R-loop-the GPIbα protein's region for VWF binding. PT-VWD is often misdiagnosed as 2B-VWD, even the though distinction between the two is crucial for proper treatment, as the former requires platelet transfusions, while the latter requires VWF/FVIII concentrate administration. Nevertheless, these PT-VWD treatments remain unsatisfactory, owing to their high cost, low availability, risk of alloimmunity, and the need to carefully balance platelet administration. Antibodies such as 6B4 remain undependable as an alternative therapy due to their questionable efficacy and high costs for this purpose. On the other hand, synthetic peptide therapeutics developed with <i>In-Silico Protein Synthesizer</i> to disrupt the association between GPIbα and VWF show preliminary promise as a therapy based on in vitro experiments. Such peptides could serve as an effective diagnostic technology for discriminating between 2B-VWD and PT-VWD, or potentially all forms of VWD, based on their high specificity. This field is rapidly growing and the current review sheds light on the complex pathology and some novel potential therapeutic and diagnostic strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"219-226"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142081457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Precision Medicine in Rare Bleeding Disorders.","authors":"Akbar Dorgalaleh, Maha Othman","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1800833","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1800833","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"99-102"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maha Al-Ghafry, Mouhamed Yazan Abou-Ismail, Suchitra S Acharya
{"title":"Inherited Disorders of the Fibrinolytic Pathway: Pathogenic Phenotypes and Diagnostic Considerations of Extremely Rare Disorders.","authors":"Maha Al-Ghafry, Mouhamed Yazan Abou-Ismail, Suchitra S Acharya","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1789596","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1789596","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fibrinolysis is initiated by the activation of plasminogen to plasmin via tissue-plasminogen activator (tPA) and urokinase-plasminogen activator (uPA); plasmin then converts fibrin to fibrin degradation products (FDPs). The antifibrinolytics counterbalancing this system include plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), which inhibits tPA and uPA, α-2 antiplasmin (α<sub>2</sub>AP), which inhibits plasmin, and thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor, which inhibits the conversion of fibrin to FDP. Inherited disorders of the fibrinolytic pathway are rare and primarily have hemorrhagic phenotypes in humans: PAI-1 deficiency, α<sub>2</sub>AP deficiency, and Quebec platelet disorder. Patients with these disorders are usually treated for bleeds or receive prophylaxis to prevent bleeds in the surgical setting, with pharmacological antifibrinolytics such as aminocaproic acid and tranexamic acid. Disorders of the fibrinolytic pathway with fibrin deposition are extremely rare, mostly noted in patients with plasminogen deficiency, who have more recently benefited from advances in human plasma-derived plasminogen concentrates administered intravenously or locally. These disorders can be very difficult to diagnose using conventional or even specialized coagulation testing, as testing can be nonspecific or have low sensitivity. Testing of the corresponding protein's activity and antigen (where applicable) can be obtained in specialized centres, and routine laboratory measures are not diagnostic. Genetic testing of the pathogenic mutations is recommended in patients with a high suspicion of an inherited disorder of the fibrinolytic pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"227-235"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142294437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alessandro Casini, Philippe de Moerloose, Marguerite Neerman-Arbez
{"title":"Clinical, Laboratory, and Molecular Aspects of Congenital Fibrinogen Disorders.","authors":"Alessandro Casini, Philippe de Moerloose, Marguerite Neerman-Arbez","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1788898","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1788898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Congenital fibrinogen disorders (CFDs) include afibrinogenemia, hypofibrinogenemia, dysfibrinogenemia, and hypodysfibrinogenemia. The fibrinogen levels, the clinical features, and the genotype define several sub-types, each with specific biological and clinical issues. The diagnosis of CFDs is based on the measurement of activity and antigen fibrinogen levels as well as on the genotype. While relatively easy in quantitative fibrinogen disorders, the diagnosis can be more challenging in qualitative fibrinogen disorders depending on the reagents and methods used, and the underlying fibrinogen variants. Overall, quantitative and qualitative fibrinogen defects lead to a decrease in clottability, and usually in a bleeding tendency. The severity of the bleeding phenotype is moreover related to the concentration of fibrinogen. Paradoxically, patients with CFDs are also at risk of thrombotic events. The impact of the causative mutation on the structure and the fibrinogen level is one of the determinants of the thrombotic profile. Given the major role of fibrinogen in pregnancy, women with CFDs are particularly at risk of obstetrical adverse outcomes. The study of the fibrin clot properties can help to define the impact of fibrinogen disorders on the fibrin network. The development of next generation sequencing now allows the identification of genetic modifiers able to influence the global hemostasis balance in CFDs. Their integration in the assessment of the patient risk on an individual scale is an important step toward precision medicine in patients with such a heterogeneous clinical course.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"103-110"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141996398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical, Laboratory, and Molecular Characteristics of Inherited Vitamin K-Dependent Coagulation Factors Deficiency.","authors":"Salvatore Perrone, Simona Raso, Mariasanta Napolitano","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1792031","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1792031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors deficiency (VKCFD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by impaired levels of multiple coagulation factors (II, VII, IX, and X) and natural anticoagulants (proteins C and S). VKCFD is part of familial multiple coagulation factor deficiencies, reporting overall 50 affected families thus far. Disease manifestations are quite heterogeneous, bleeding symptoms may vary, and even, although generally mild, some patients may succumb to fatal outcomes. VKCFD diagnosis may be delayed because the disease phenotype simulates the most frequently acquired deficiencies of vitamin K. First-line coagulation assays, prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), are both prolonged; mixing test typically normalizes the clotting times; and vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors will be variably decreased. Molecularly, VKCFD is associated with mutations in <i>γ-glutamyl-carboxylase</i> (<i>GGCX</i>) or <i>vitamin K epoxide reductase</i> complex subunit 1 (<i>VKORC1</i>) genes. Vitamin K is involved not only in the biosynthesis of coagulation proteins but also in bone metabolism and cell proliferation. Therapeutic options are based on vitamin K supplementation, coagulation factors (prothrombin complex), and fresh frozen plasma, in case of severe bleeding episodes. Two case studies here illustrate the diagnostic challenges of VKCFD: case 1 depicts a woman with a history of bleeding episodes, diagnosed, only in her third decade of life with inherited homozygous <i>GGCX</i> gene mutation. Case 2 shows a man with an acquired vitamin K deficiency caused by Crohn's disease. Better understanding of <i>GGCX</i> and <i>VKORC1</i> mutations aids in prognosis and treatment planning, with emerging insights suggesting potential limitations in the effectiveness of vitamin K supplementation in certain mutations.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"170-179"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brandon Jin An Ong, Hui Xin See Tow, Alyssa Tze Wei Fong, Ryan Ruiyang Ling, Kiran Shekar, Kristine Teoh, Lian Kah Ti, Graeme MacLaren, Bingwen Eugene Fan, Kollengode Ramanathan
{"title":"Monitoring Hemostatic Function during Cardiac Surgery with Point-of-Care Viscoelastic Assays: A Narrative Review.","authors":"Brandon Jin An Ong, Hui Xin See Tow, Alyssa Tze Wei Fong, Ryan Ruiyang Ling, Kiran Shekar, Kristine Teoh, Lian Kah Ti, Graeme MacLaren, Bingwen Eugene Fan, Kollengode Ramanathan","doi":"10.1055/s-0045-1802573","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0045-1802573","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bleeding is a well-known and severe complication of cardiac surgery. Cardiopulmonary bypass, along with heparinization and hemodilution, is thought to affect all pathways of the hemostatic process, leading to excessive bleeding and worsened morbidity and mortality. The traditionally used standard laboratory tests (SLTs) were not designed for the surgical setting, have long turnaround times, and are poor predictors of bleeding. This review aims to give an overview of viscoelastic assays (VEAs), compare VEAs to conventional testing methods, and summarize the evidence for VEAs in cardiac surgery. A search of Medline via Pubmed, Scopus, and Embase yielded 2,868 papers, which we reviewed and summarized the key findings. VEAs such as rotational thromboelastometry and thromboelastography provide a quick turnaround, graphical, global impression of hemostasis in whole blood. VEAs allow for the analysis of specific contributors to the coagulation process and may facilitate cause-oriented hemostatic treatment and the development of treatment algorithms. VEAs have been found to have a high specificity and high negative predictive value for coagulopathic bleeding. Patients treated with VEA-based algorithms have been shown to have lower rates of bleeding, transfusion requirements, and exposure to allogeneic blood products. However, VEA-based algorithms have not demonstrated a mortality benefit and evidence for outcomes such as surgical re-exploration and hospital length of stay remains equivocal. In conclusion, VEAs have been shown to be comparable if not superior to SLTs in cardiac surgery. Further large-scale studies are needed to better evaluate the impact of VEAs on clinical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":21673,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143410312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}