what is activating clotting type
The Activated Clotting Time (ACT) was first described by Hattersley in 1966 and is essentially a point of care test (POCT) of coagulation that is used to monitor the anticoagulant effect of unfractionated heparin (UFH) in patients on bypass surgery, on ECMO [extracorporeal membrane oxygenation,] undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary ...