Clot retraction shrinking of clot. Clot retraction is dependent on release of multiple coagulation factors from platelets trapped in the fibrin mesh of the clot. Thus, failure to retract can be a sign of thrombocytopenia.
Further reading
- Arthur J. Vander, James H. Sherman, and Dorothy S. Luciano (1970). "Clot Retraction". Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function. McGraw-Hill. pp. 502.
- Nikolaos Skubas and George J. Despotis (1999). "Intraoperative Diagnosis and Therapy of Hemostatis Abnormalities with Cardiac Surgery". in Safuh Attar. Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 118–120. ISBN 0879934107.
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