Disappearance Rate ot the Anticoagulant Effect of Heparin
The disappearance of the anticoagulant activity of a intravenously administered well-defined commercial heparin was followed in human and dogs utilizing a diluted activated partial thromboplastin time (Marder) and an anti-Xa-assay (Tin). The anticoagulant activity was followed after the injection of a large single dose. More accurate determination of the relation between heparin level and disappearance rate was achieved by continuous infusion with different heparin dosages. The anticoagulant effect was linearly related with dosage administered above a certain minimum threshold. This is in agreement with disappearance curves obtained after a single injection that can be described by the formula:(in which S represents the heparin activity, K1 and K2 represent constants and K3 is the integration constant). References: Marder, V. J.: A simple technique for the measurement of plasma heparin concentration during anticoagulant therapy. Thromb. Diath. Haemorrh. 24, 230–239, 1970.Yin, E. T., Wessler, S.: Plasma heparin: A unique, practical, submicrogram sensitive assay. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 81, 298-310, 1973.