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Digestive System. Elevated PTT results may be caused by malabsorption, a digestive problem that restricts the amount of nutrients that the body absorbs from food, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Reptilase time measures the time to clot formation after the addition of reptilase, a thrombin-like snake enzyme, to citrated blood. Unlike the TT, it is not affected by heparin. It can be useful to determine whether heparin is the cause of the prolonged TT. The 1:1 mixing study is done when the PT or aPTT is prolonged. The patient's plasma is mixed with normal plasma, and the test is repeated. If the mixing of normal plasma corrects the abnormal result (PT or aPTT), a factor deficiency is suggested; otherwise, an inhibitor is suspected.