Bivalirudin For Angioplasty: Expensive Heparin?

Bivalirudin For Angioplasty: Expensive Heparin?

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30 April 2008

Tony Gershlick Tony Gershlick, University of Leicester Adnan Kastrati, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Munich Using bivalirudin instead of heparin during angioplasty wasn’t any better for preventing deat

Tony Gershlick

Tony Gershlick

Tony Gershlick, University of Leicester
Adnan Kastrati, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Munich
Using bivalirudin instead of heparin during angioplasty wasn’t any better for preventing death, MI or urgent revascularisation in the 4,500-patient ISAR-REACT 3 study presented at the ACC annual meeting. Tony Gershlick and Adnan Kastrati discuss the study with Peter Goodwin and Sara Freeman.



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