BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Procoagulant activity (PCA) of monocytes is known to play a pivotal role in a variety of physiologic and pathophysiologic processes, such as disseminated intravascular coagulation, atherosclerosis, arterial and venous thromboembolism, cancer-related hypercoagulability and immunopathologies. Until now, PCA has been studied by clotting assays of a whole cell population o...