Usefulness of Routine Unfractionated Heparin Infusion Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Not Receiving Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors
Harjai KJ, Stone GW, Grines CL, Cox DA, Garcia E, Tcheng JE, Na Y, Griffin JJ, Guagliumi G, Stuckey T, Turco M, Rutherford BD, Lansky AJ, Mehran R. Usefulness of Routine Unfractionated Heparin Infusion Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Not Receiving Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2006, 99: 202-207. PMID: 17223419, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.07.084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionGlycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitorsIIb/IIIa inhibitorsAcute myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionHeparin usePostprocedural heparinCoronary interventionMyocardial infarctionHospital major adverse cardiac eventsPrimary PCIMajor adverse cardiac eventsUnfractionated heparin infusionAdverse cardiac eventsOutcomes of patientsSubset of patientsTransluminal coronary angioplastyLate MACEPostprocedure courseHeparin infusionCardiac eventsCoronary angioplastyCoronary stentingSevere bleeding