• Title of article

    Value of monitoring activated clotting time when bivalirudin is used as the sole anticoagulation agent for percutaneous coronary intervention

  • Author/Authors

    Cheneau، نويسنده , , Edouard and Canos، نويسنده , , Daniel and Kuchulakanti، نويسنده , , Pramod K. and Rha، نويسنده , , Seung-Woon and Satler، نويسنده , , Lowell F. and Suddath، نويسنده , , William O. and Kent، نويسنده , , Kenneth M. and Pichard، نويسنده , , Augusto D. and Waksman، نويسنده , , Ron، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    789
  • To page
    792
  • Abstract
    Anticoagulation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) requires the monitoring of activated clotting time (ACT) to protect from periprocedural ischemic and bleeding complications; however, the optimal ACT values have not been established when PCI is performed with bivalirudin. After 495 consecutive patients treated for coronary artery disease with PCI received bivalirudin as a single anticoagulation agent, it was found that ACT is reproducible when bivalirudin is used during PCI and does not correlate with clinical events.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Cardiology
  • Record number

    1898112