Activated clotting time
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Activated clotting time (ACT), also known as activated coagulation time is a test of coagulation.[1]
The ACT test is used to monitor the effect of high-dose heparin before, during, and shortly after surgeries that require intense anticoagulant administration, such as cardiac bypass surgery, cardiac angioplasty, and dialysis.[1] It is ordered in situations where the partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test is not clinically useful or takes too long.[1]
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- ^ a b c labtestsonline.org > ACT This article was last reviewed on March 20, 2008. This page was last modified on March 30, 2010
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