Screening laboratory testing for hereditary thrombophilia in patients with venous thromboembolism
Hereditary thrombophilia |
Factor V Leiden mutation (using PCR-based assay) |
Prothrombin G20210 mutation (using PCR-based assay) |
Protein C deficiency (functional amidolytic assay) |
Free protein S antigen |
Antithrombin deficiency (heparin cofactor assay, save for patients on oral factor Xa inhibitors in whom antithrombin antigen is recommended to prevent “false normal” levels) |
Hereditary thrombophilia |
Factor V Leiden mutation (using PCR-based assay) |
Prothrombin G20210 mutation (using PCR-based assay) |
Protein C deficiency (functional amidolytic assay) |
Free protein S antigen |
Antithrombin deficiency (heparin cofactor assay, save for patients on oral factor Xa inhibitors in whom antithrombin antigen is recommended to prevent “false normal” levels) |
PCR, polymerase chain reaction.