The AvoSure PT PRO has clear advantages over the
Thrombotrack Nycomed Analyzer in terms of manipulation
and security for nurse operators and patients. Although the
Differences between results for the INR obtained by
different methods were clinically significant and required
dosage changes in a small proportion of patients. However,
among those with INR ranges between 2.0 and 3.0, similar
results were obtained for patients who have a mechanical
prosthetic valve and are undergoing anticoagulation. Those
results are in contrast with previously reported results
obtained by other methods,20 although the number of
patients from the present group was small.
The present study included patients treated with acenocoumarol,
a drug currently used for oral anticoagulation in
many European countries, and confirms the results obtained
with warfarin.4,6