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Bivalirudin vs Heparin With or Without Tirofiban During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction The BRIGHT Randomized Clinical Trial
ImportanceThe safety and efficacy of bivalirudin compared with heparin with or without glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are uncertain.ObjectiveTo determine if bivalirudin is superior to heparin alone and to heparin plus tirofiban during primary PCI.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsMulticenter, open-label trial involving 2194 patients with AMI undergoing primary PCI at 82 centers in China between August 2012 and June 2013.InterventionsPatients were randomly assigned to receive bivalirudin with a post-PCI infusion (...
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - March 16, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Effect of the REG1 anticoagulation system versus bivalirudin on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (REGULATE-PCI): a randomised clinical trial
Publication date: Available online 5 November 2015 Source:The Lancet Author(s): A Michael Lincoff, Roxana Mehran, Thomas J Povsic, Steven L Zelenkofske, Zhen Huang, Paul W Armstrong, P Gabriel Steg, Christoph Bode, Mauricio G Cohen, Christopher Buller, Peep Laanmets, Marco Valgimigli, Toomas Marandi, Viliam Fridrich, Warren J Cantor, Bela Merkely, Jose Lopez-Sendon, Jan H Cornel, Jaroslaw D Kasprzak, Michael Aschermann, Victor Guetta, Joao Morais, Peter R Sinnaeve, Kurt Huber, Rod Stables, Mary Ann Sellers, Marilyn Borgman, Lauren Glenn, Arnold I Levinson, Renato D Lopes, Vic Hasselblad, Ri...
Source: The Lancet - November 6, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Radial versus femoral access and bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin in invasively managed patients with acute coronary syndrome (MATRIX): final 1-year results of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 25 August 2018Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Marco Valgimigli, Enrico Frigoli, Sergio Leonardi, Pascal Vranckx, Martina Rothenbühler, Matteo Tebaldi, Ferdinando Varbella, Paolo Calabrò, Stefano Garducci, Paolo Rubartelli, Carlo Briguori, Giuseppe Andó, Maurizio Ferrario, Ugo Limbruno, Roberto Garbo, Paolo Sganzerla, Filippo Russo, Marco Nazzaro, Alessandro Lupi, Bernardo CorteseSummaryBackgroundThe Minimizing Adverse Haemorrhagic Events by Transradial Access Site and Systemic Implementation of Angiox (MATRIX) programme was designed to assess the comparative safety and effectiveness of ra...
Source: The Lancet - August 25, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research