Publications by authors named "Ellen Saarela"
Introduction: Appropriate monitoring methods are needed for lepirudin, a direct thrombin inhibitor, as activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) may under- or overestimate lepirudin. We compared APTT with thrombin-specific methods, also in the presence of warfarin and lupus anticoagulant (LA).
Materials And Methods: Lepirudin i.