Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)

• Why Get Tested?
  To monitor treatment with heparin or other blood-thinning medications (anticoagulants) when undergoing heart bypass surgery, coronary angioplasty, or dialysis
• When to Get Tested?
  When you are receiving high doses of heparin to prevent clotting during surgical procedures such as a heart bypass, when heparin levels are too high to allow monitoring with a PTT, and/or when a rapid result is necessary to monitor treatment
• Sample Type:

  Sodium Citrate (Blue)

• Fasting:

  NO

• Report Delivery:

  Same day (if Collected before 12 Noon)

• Components:

  1. Observations

Test Details