Monitoring the effects of fibrinogen concentration on blood coagulation using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and its comparison with thromboelastography

Ramji S. Lakshmanan; Vitaly Efremov; Sinéad Cullen; Barry Byrne; Anthony J. Killard

doi:10.1117/12.2017394

28 May 2013 Monitoring the effects of fibrinogen concentration on blood coagulation using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and its comparison with thromboelastography

Ramji S. Lakshmanan, Vitaly Efremov, Sinéad Cullen, Barry Byrne, Anthony J. Killard

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Proceedings Volume 8765, Bio-MEMS and Medical Microdevices; 87650Q (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017394
Event: SPIE Microtechnologies, 2013, Grenoble, France

Abstract

Fibrinogen has been identified as a major risk factor in cardiovascular disorders. Fibrinogen (340 kDa) is a soluble dimeric glycoprotein found in plasma and is a major component of the coagulation cascade. It has been identified as a major risk factor in cardiovascular disorders. The time taken for its conversion to fibrin is usually used as an “endpoint” in most clot-based assays, without any information on dynamic changes in physical properties or kinetics of a forming clot. A global coagulation profile as measured by Thromboelastography® (TEG®) provides information on both the time and kinetics of changes in physical property of the forming clot. In this work, Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), which is a piezoelectric resonator has been used to study coagulation of plasma and compared with TEG. The changes in resonant frequency (Δf) and half width at half maximum (HWHM or ΔΓ) were used to evaluate effect of fibrinogen concentration. It has been shown that TEG is less sensitive to low concentrations of fibrinogen and dilution while QCM is able to monitor clot formation in both the circumstances.

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Ramji S. Lakshmanan, Vitaly Efremov, Sinéad Cullen, Barry Byrne, and Anthony J. Killard "Monitoring the effects of fibrinogen concentration on blood coagulation using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and its comparison with thromboelastography", Proc. SPIE 8765, Bio-MEMS and Medical Microdevices, 87650Q (28 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017394

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