Ptt Lab Results. Your ptt test results will show how much time it took for your blood to clot. Doctors call this prolonged ptt. Also known as activated partial thromboplastin time aptt is a screening test that helps evaluate a person s ability to appropriately form blood clots. Increased levels in a person with a bleeding disorder indicate a clotting factor may be missing.
This means that it took your blood sample 25 to 35 seconds to clot after adding the chemicals. The partial thromboplastin time ptt. Ptt test results are measured in seconds. Prolonged pt results may indicate liver disease or disseminated intravascular coagulation along with decreased or defective factors. If you re getting the test to monitor heparin your normal will be higher usually between 60 and 100 seconds. Also known as activated partial thromboplastin time aptt is a screening test that helps evaluate a person s ability to appropriately form blood clots.
The partial thromboplastin time is the time it takes for a clot to form measured in seconds.
If you re getting the test to monitor heparin your normal will be higher usually between 60 and 100 seconds. Normally the sample will clot in 35 seconds. If you re getting the test to monitor heparin your normal will be higher usually between 60 and 100 seconds. Results are usually given as a number of seconds. Prolonged pt results may indicate liver disease or disseminated intravascular coagulation along with decreased or defective factors. A bleeding disorder such as hemophilia or von willebrand disease.