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UFH Monitoring in ECMO and Cardiac Surgery

Anti-Xa has never been validated as a UFH reference standard in CPB or ECMO, so all monitoring tools need context-specific validation.

Re-examines anti-Xa, ACT and viscoelastic assays as reference methods for UFH monitoring in ECMO

Reference methods for UFH monitoring in ECMO

Related Resources

Customer Brief

Customer brief on UFH monitoring strategies and ClotPro-based algorithms in ECMO and cardiac surgery.

LinkedIn Post

LinkedIn post announcing the UFH ECMO/cardiac monitoring brief and discussion.

Journal Article

Weber CF, Zacharowski K, Calatzis A and Lindner ML (2026) Monitoring unfractionated heparin in ECMO and cardiac surgery: the search for a valid reference standard. Front. Med. 13:1818646. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1818646

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