2017 review performed by Nicole Ziegler, MT (ASCP) and the Editorial Review Board.

Kottke-Marchant, Kandice (©2016) An Algorithmic Approach to Hemostasis Testing Second Edition: College of American Pathologists (CAP) Press, Northfield, IL. Pp 17-32, 99-120

Chandler, W.L. Emergency assessment of hemostasis in the bleeding patient. Int J Lab Hematol. 2013; 35:339-343. Available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijlh.12071/pdf. Accessed on 4/27/17 Accessed on 6/2/2017.

Harrison, P and Lordkipanidze, M. Testing Platelet Function. Hematol Onc Clin N Am. 2013; 27:411-441.

Breet NJ, van Werkum, JW, Bouman HJ, et al. Comparison of six major platelet function tests in predicting clinical outcome in patients undergoing coronary stent implantation. JAMA 2010; 303(8): 849-56. Available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20179285. Abstract accessed 6/2/2017.

Breet NJ, van Werkum JW, Bouman HJ, et al. High on-aspirin platelet reactivity as measured with aggregation-based, cyclooxygenase-1 inhibition sensitive platelet function tests is associated with the occurrence of atherothrombotic events. J Thromb Haemost 2010;8(10):2140-8. Available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04017.x/abstract. Accessed 4/27/17.

Paniccia R, Priora R, Alessandrello A, et al. Platelet function tests: a comparative review. Vascul Health Risk Manage 2015; 11:133-148.

Thomas, Clayton L., Editor (1997). Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA [18th Edition].

Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (2001). Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 5th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO.

Bleeding Time. AccessMed Health Information Library [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.hendrickhealth.org/healthy/000209.htm.

Elstrom, R. (2001 October 28, Updated). Platelet aggregation test. MedlinePlus Health Information, Medical Encyclopedia [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003669.htm.

Menta, S. (1999 Spring). The Coagulation Cascade. Physiology Disorders Evaluation, College of Medicine, Univ of Florida [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/coag/title.html.

Platelet Function Analyzer (PFA)-100 – FAQ. Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, Clinical and Research Laboratories [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.fhci-labs.com/researchlabs/clinicallabs/hemostasisandthrombosis/faq/pfa-faq.htm.

Kottke-Marchant, K. and Aller, R. (2003 January). Toward multi-functional analyzers. College of American Pathologists, January 2003 Survey of instruments [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/cap_today/surveys/coagSurvIntro.html.

Corcoran, G. and Kottke-Marchant, K. (2002 June). Chasing after the causes of platelet disorders. College of American Pathologists, Feature Story [On-line article]. Available online at http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/cap_today/feature_stories/platelet_disorders_feature.html.

What is Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura? NHLBI, Diseases and Conditions Index [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Itp/ITP_WhatIs.html.

What is von Willebrand Disease? NHLBI, Diseases and Conditions Index [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/vWD/vWD_WhatIs.html.

Von Willebrand Disease. NHF [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.hemophilia.org/bdi/bdi_types3.htm.

Hemostasis. Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section11/chapter131/131b.jsp.

Bleeding Disorders. The Merck Manual of Medical Information-Home Edition, Section 14. Blood Disorders, Chapter 155 [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home/sec14/155.jsp.

Cortese Hassett, A. (2002). Platelet Function Testing. Transfusion Medicine Update, The Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Issue #5 [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.itxm.org/TMU2002/Issue5.htm.

Lee, D. (2000 July 24). Platelet Aggregometry. Stanford Interventional Cardiology [On-line information]. Previously available online at http://cvmed.stanford.edu/interventional/aggregometry.htm.

Coagulation Test Panels. Clinical and Research Laboratories, Florida Hospital Cancer Institute [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.fhci-labs.com/researchlabs/clinicallabs/hemostasisandthrombosis/panels.htm.

Carville, D. and Guyer, K. (2000 September). Hemostasis testing: past, present, and Future. IVD Technology Magazine, medical devicelink [On-line article]. Available online at http://www.devicelink.com/ivdt/archive/00/09/005.html.

Locke, J. (2001 October). Issues in Platelet Function Testing. Clinical Laboratory Strategies [On-line AACC Newsletter].

Wuillemin, W., et.al. (2002). Evaluation of a Platelet Function Analyser (PFA-100Ò) in patients with a bleeding tendency. Swiss Med Wkly 132:443-448 [On-line journal]. PDF available for download at http://www.smw.ch/pdf200x/2002/31/smw-10039.PDF.

SE Lind. The bleeding time does not predict surgical bleeding. Blood, Jun 1991; 77: 2547 - 2552.

RPC RODGERS, J LEVIN, and SE LIND. Bleeding Time Revisited Blood, May 1992; 79: 2495 - 2497.

Hankey, G. and Eikelboom, J. (2004 February 28) Aspirin resistance. BMJ 2004;328:477-479 [On-line journal]. Available online at http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7438/477.

Peterson, P. (2005 October). Aspirin Resistance: Fact and Fiction. Medscape Conference Coverage, based on selected sessions at the: Pathology Today: American Society for Clinical Pathology 2005 Annual Meeting [On-line CME/CMLE]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/518858.

Eikelboom, J. et. al. (2005 July 11). Aspirin Resistance and Its Implications in Clinical Practice. Medscape General Medicine 2005;7(3):76 [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/506101.

(2004 September 3). Accumetrics VerifyNow-Aspirin Assay (Formerly Ultegra RPFA-ASA). FDA 510(k) Summary [On-line information]. PDF available for download at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf4/k042423.pdf.

Pagana, K. D. & Pagana, T. J. (© 2007). Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 8th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO. Pp 169-171, 728-729.

Clarke, W. and Dufour, D. R., Editors (© 2006). Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry: AACC Press, Washington, DC. Pp 235-237.

Wu, A. (© 2006). Tietz Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 4th Edition: Saunders Elsevier, St. Louis, MO. Pp 862-867.

Dugdale, D. and Chen, Y. (Updated 2009 March 02). Platelet aggregation test. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003669.htm. Accessed September 2009.

(Updated 2008 December). Functional Platelet Disorders. ARUP Consult [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.arupconsult.com/Topics/FxPlateletDisorders.html#. Accessed September 2009.

Ang, L. and Mahmud, E. (2009 January 15). Monitoring Oral Antiplatelet Therapy: Is It Justified? Medscape from Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease. [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/584888. Accessed September 2009.

Gurbel, P. et. al. (2007 November 05). Platelet Function Monitoring in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Medscape from Journal of the American Journal of Cardiology. [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/564963. Accessed September 2009.

Hughes, S. (2009 March 28). ACC 2009: Evidence Growing for Personalized Antiplatelet Therapy. Medscape from Heartwire [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/590292. Accessed September 2009.

Stasik, C. (2006 August 1). Principles, Indications, and Limitations of the Platelet Function Analyzer. CAP NewsPath [On-line information]. Available online through http://www.cap.org. Accessed September 2009.

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 21st ed. McPherson RA and Pincus MR, eds. Philadelphia: 2007, Pp 757-765.

(Published 17 January 2008) Krasopoulos G, Aspirin "resistance" and risk of cardiovascular morbidity: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39430.529549.BE, Available online at http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj.39430.529549.BEv1. Accessed September 2009.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th ed. Kasper D, Braunwald E, Fauci A, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson JL, eds. McGraw-Hill, 2005, Pp 676-678.

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 22nd ed. McPherson R, Pincus M, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier: 2011, 805-816.

Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology. 12th ed. Greer J, Foerster J, Rodgers G, Paraskevas F, Glader B, Arber D, Means R, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 2009, Pp 1362-1363.

(©2014) Platelet Function Disorders. Written by David Page, Reviewed by Sara J. Israels, M.D. FRCP(C). Canadian Hemophilia Society. Available online at http://www.hemophilia.ca/en/bleeding-disorders/platelet-function-disorders/introduction/. Accessed February 2014.

(August 28, 2012) Sue Hughes. Should Platelet Function Be Measured? New Data. Medscape News. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/769925. Accessed February 2014.

(October 08, 2013) Michael O'Riordan. Platelet-Function Testing Might Benefit Select PCI Patients, Says Expert Panel. Medscape News. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/812254. Accessed February 2014.

Gorelick P, Farooq M. Advances in Our Understanding of "Resistance" to Antiplatelet Agents for Prevention of Ischemic Stroke. Stroke Res Treat. 2013; 2013: 727842. Published online 2013 July 14 at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725785/. Accessed February 2014.

(December 07, 2012) Lisa Nainggolan. Pharmacologists Question Aspirin Resistance. Medscape News. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/775844. Accessed February 2014.

Brad S. Karon, MD, PhD and Elizabeth Jaben, MD. Platelet Function, Laboratory Methods for Evaluating Effectiveness of Anti-platelet Therapy. Clinical Laboratory News April 2011: Volume 37, Number 4. Available online at http://www.aacc.org/publications/cln/2011/April/Pages/PlateletFunction.aspx#. Accessed February 2014.