Identification of hypercoagulability in dogs with primary immune-mediated hemolytic anemia by means of thromboelastography.

Objective: To evaluate whole blood hemostasis by means of thromboelastography in dogs with primary immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) to determine whether these dogs had evidence of hypercoagulability prior to the administration of immunosuppressant medications, blood transfusion products, or anticoagulant agents.

Design: Evaluation study.

Animals: 11 client-owned dogs admitted to a teaching hospital for management of primary IMHA and 20 clinically normal dogs.