Measuring the anticoagulant effect of Pradaxa^®

Professor Jeffrey Weitz, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, McMaster University, Canada discusses how to measure the anticoagulant effect of Pradaxa^®, covering topics including qualitative and quantative tests, the perfomance of Pradaxa^® in clinical practice without a reversal agent, and why routine monitoring is not needed for patients treated with Pradaxa^®.