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Table 3 Suitable laboratory tests for rivaroxaban and clinical situations

From: Laboratory assessment of rivaroxaban: a review

Chromogenic anti-Factor Xa assay

Prothrombin time test

(with rivaroxaban calibrators)

(with rivaroxaban-sensitive reagent)

• Acute renal failure

• Emergency situations when an anti-Factor Xa assay is not available

• Bleeding complications or thrombosis during treatment

• Emergency situations (if available in time):

 

   Prior to urgent surgery

   Life-threatening bleeding

   Stroke (if fibrinolytic treatment indicated)

   Acute percutaneous coronary intervention (if heparin bolus indicated)

• Overdose

• Suspected accumulation of drug