This session seeks to improve our understanding of what anticoagulation tests tell us. It will help provide an understanding of the anticoagulation pathway and its assays.

*Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Moderators

Errol Bush

Presentations:

1. What does platelet testing test: molecular pathways in action - Jerrold Levy

2. Does a normal TEG mandate a reoperation in the bleeding patient? - Jerrold Levy

3. Real World Use of Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Warfarin Reversal for Left Ventricular Assist Device undergoing Heart Transplantation - Sarah Beargie

4. Antithrombin Concentrate Reduced Mortality in Heparin Resistant Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Real-World Evidence in the United States - Stephen Bader

Commercial Relationships: Covidien/Medtronic: Speaker/Honoraria; Grifols: Consultant/Advisory Board, Speaker/Honoraria

5. Effect of Direct Oral Anticoagulants on Outcomes Following Urgent or Emergent Cardiac Surgery - Jason Hecht

6. The Use of Blood Products without Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Patients with Coagulopathy after Cardiac Surgery - Valentino Bianco

7. Panel Discussion