Bivalirudin in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a subgroup analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategy (ACUITY) trial
Stone GW, White HD, Ohman EM, Bertrand ME, Lincoff AM, McLaurin BT, Cox DA, Pocock SJ, Ware JH, Feit F, Colombo A, Manoukian SV, Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Moses JW, investigators F. Bivalirudin in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a subgroup analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategy (ACUITY) trial. The Lancet 2007, 369: 907-919. PMID: 17368152, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60450-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAnticoagulantsCombined Modality TherapyDrug Therapy, CombinationEnoxaparinFemaleHeparinHirudinsHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial IschemiaPeptide FragmentsPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPlatelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa ComplexProspective StudiesRecombinant ProteinsTreatment OutcomeConceptsGlycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitorsIIb/IIIa inhibitorsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute coronary syndromeNet clinical outcomeHigh-risk acute coronary syndromesUrgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trialCoronary interventionClinical outcomesMajor bleedingCoronary syndromeAcute CatheterizationStrategy trialDirect thrombin inhibitor bivalirudinAdverse ischemic eventsMajor haemorrhagic complicationsComparable clinical outcomesThrombin inhibitor bivalirudinHaemorrhagic complicationsIschemic eventsUnfractionated heparinSubgroup analysisProportion of individualsBivalirudinBleeding