Comparison of haemostasis tests in hypercoagulable dogs

Coagulation tests are a mainstay in the assessment of haemostasis and the risk of bleeding and are commonly available to veterinary practitioners. The objective of this study was to compare standard tests of haemostasis in hypercoagulable and normocoagulable sick dogs as identified by thromboelastography. The authors compared prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, D-dimers, packed red blood cell volume and platelet counts in client-owned sick dogs with hypercoagulable (n = 36) and normocoagulable (n = 35) states as identified by thromboelastography maximum amplitude above or within the established reference interval, respectively. Seventy-one dogs were enrolled. Thirty-six dogs were hypercoagulable and 35 were ...

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